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Follow our live coverage as Pope Leo XIV, first U.S.-born pope in history, begins his pontificate: Experience history in the making with former Cardinal Robert Prevost.
In his first significant address on Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV offers a nuanced vision of doctrine that signals potential shifts in tone and approach from his predecessor.
Speaking to members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation at the Vatican today, the pontiff distinguishes sharply between “doctrine” and “indoctrination,” calling the latter “immoral” while reframing doctrine as a “common, collective and even multidisciplinary pursuit of truth.”
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In first major social teaching address, American pope champions doctrinal rigor
In his first significant address on Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIV offers a nuanced vision of doctrine that signals potential shifts in tone and approach from his predecessor.
Speaking to members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation at the Vatican today, the pontiff distinguishes sharply between “doctrine” and “indoctrination,” calling the latter “immoral” while reframing doctrine as a “common, collective and even multidisciplinary pursuit of truth.”
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Follow our live coverage as Pope Leo XIV, first U.S.-born pope in history, begins his pontificate: Experience history in the making with former Cardinal Robert Prevost.
