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Why do so many groups go through crises after enthusiastic beginnings? Discover in Father Baldo Alagna’s article how to interpret tensions as a natural stage of growth and transform them into an opportunity to build fraternities that are more united, more mature, and more missionary.

Pourquoi les fraternités traversent des tensions, comment les interpréter et comment en sortir plus unies, plus matures et plus missionnaires.

Why do so many groups go through crises after enthusiastic beginnings? Discover in Father Baldo Alagna’s article how to interpret tensions as a natural stage of growth and transform them into an opportunity to build fraternities that are more united, more mature, and more missionary.

P. Baldo Alagna

Jun 255 min read

Catholic editorial poster depicting Pope Leo XIV Papa Leone XIV standing before St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square at sunset. The Pope, dressed in white and wearing a golden cross around his neck, gazes toward the horizon with a serene and inspired expression. In the background, the crowd gathered in St. Peter’s Square and the dome of the Basilica are bathed in dramatic golden light. The title, written in large elegant lettering, reads: “The Church Between Cross, Mission, and Holiness: The Powerful Vision of Pope Leo XIV.” The subtitle says: “A Church Born from the Cross, Living for Mission, and Walking Toward Holiness.”

THE CHURCH: Between Cross, Mission, and Holiness

The Church does not belong to herself, but to Christ. This is the heart of the ecclesial vision of Pope Leo XIV Papa Leone XIV: a Church born from the mystery of God, living through the Cross, walking in mission, and called to holiness. Through his catecheses on the Lumen gentium, the Pope offers a profoundly Christ-centered reading of the Second Vatican Council, capable of illuminating the wounds and challenges of our time without yielding either to ideologies or to the spir

P. Baldo Alagna

May 167 min read