Overview
- During an audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, he addressed participants in the final phase of their General Chapter.
- He warned against controlling leadership that violates dignity and freedom, calling leaders to the art of accompaniment.
- He set governance expectations of mutual listening, co-responsibility, transparency, fraternal closeness and community discernment with subsidiarity and participation.
- He said their charism is a gift to be stewarded with humility, acknowledged painful crises in their history, and affirmed their contribution to the Church and Regnum Christi.
- He urged them to avoid particular or regional interests or mere organizational fixes, entrusted this stage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, and imparted his Apostolic Blessing.