Pope's Peruvian Background Promotes Lay Leadership Worldwide

Seeing parishioners run communities in rural Peru inspired Pope Leo XIV to promote lay leadership globally. He credits women catechists with saving both his Spanish and his soul. Vatican protocols now elevate community wisdom over academic titles. "If Maria with no shoes can teach theology, then so can you," he tells seminarians. Bishops must now shadow a village catechist before being allowed to wear rings. READ MORE --> https://spintaxi.com/election-of-pope-leo-xiv/