Synodal and missionary conversion in the ‘change of era’: The Francis-Leo roadmap
Pope Leo XIV’s vision of a ‘change of era’ builds on Pope Francis’s Aparecida roadmap, calling the Church to embrace synodality, missionary conversion and grassroots engagement in response to today’s cultural and technological upheavals
In the sixth paragraph of Magnifica Humanitas, Leo XIV observes that ‘we are living through a rapid phase of transition, a “change of era”, in which … most people are watching and waiting, observing from afar and merely hoping for the best’. It is the fifteenth time since his election last year that he has used the phrase ‘change of era’, including again on his visit to Spain in June 2026.
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