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July 2025
I believe Pope Leo XIV will continue Pope Francis’ legacy but with a different style. He will foster a missionary and synodal Church in the footsteps of his predecessor.
One of the initiatives of the Jubilee Year is to urge wealthy nations to cancel the crushing debts of impoverished countries. Debt relief will allow struggling nations to redirect resources toward development, education, and healthcare, fostering a more equitable world.
Pope Francis has called for debt cancellation in the context of the 2025 Jubilee Year, declaring that debt relief is a matter of social and economic justice. How will it affect the Philippines in particular? Will the new pontiff, who chose the name of Leo XIV, continue this advocacy?
In April 2022, Sri Lanka announced the suspension of bond payments on its external debt. Since then, the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean” has faced an unprecedented situation: a financial default that has exposed long-dragging economic vulnerabilities.
The Church in Nigeria calls on government to put in place more equitable economic policies in order to “alleviate the burden on citizens.”
1. The current debt crisis is global
Over 100 countries are currently facing a debt crisis, with 60% of their debt held by private creditors, making debt resolution even more complex.
A call for debt justice and financial reform, inspired by the Jubilee tradition and Pope Francis’ vision.
In choosing his papal name, it appears that Pope Leo XIV is planning to continue and further develop the just and compassionate steps laid out by the last Pope Leo, who launched modern Catholic Social Teaching.
Fr. Brian Gore, a dedicated Australian Columban missionary, lived a life of faith and social justice, championing the rights of the poor in the Philippines. As the Church looks to Pope Leo XIV for leadership in addressing poverty, abuse, and exploitation, Fr. Brian’s legacy stands as a beacon of faith in action.
Pope Leo XIV spent most of his career as a priest in Peru. He shunned away from the spotlight, but his work echoed across the Andes and as far as Rome. As Pope, he is seen as continuing the work of Pope Francis, making the church more missionary, inclusive, and closer to the people on the margins.
Paul of Tarsus was a bridge-builder between the civilizations of Asia and Europe; in fact, he himself formed a bridge between cultures, races, and human family streams. Paul is the model evangelizer for a globalized world.
Synodality’s prophetic nature refers to two significant things: 1) the task to read the signs of the times; and 2) the prophetic office or function of every baptized, the proclamation of the Gospel or evangelization, which is her core mission.
The Oxford Dictionary defines dreams as a cherished aspiration, an ambition, or an ideal. Dreams are visions God planted within your heart. To attain them, you work towards achieving the dream you have. Is it possible for dreams to become reality?
The 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, Pope Leo XIV, has one significant quality: his “missionary heart.” Leo himself has extensive mission experience, working in Peru for over twenty years. He will imprint a missionary dynamism into his papacy.
The vocation of the prophet Ezekiel inspires us to live our own vocation and mission with simplicity, in the certainty that it is God who calls and strengthens us.
Inspired by the examples of St. Paul and St. Daniel Comboni, Fr. Randy Recalde from Calamba, Laguna, has sought his vocation in life since his teenage years. Raised in a devout family and shaped by his experiences in the parish, he decided to pursue mission work across continents.
This month, it is the turn of the very heart of the Jubilee: Forgiveness, primarily through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The forgiveness offered by God during the Holy Year, freely and unconditionally, is a source of new life and profound peace.
Cardinal Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Bishop of Hong Kong, invited all the faithful to pray “that Leo XIV may set foot in China as Pope.”
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference published a message addressed to all Christians, asking them to abandon an attitude of “complicit silence” in the face of “so many ongoing wars” in the world and “especially in the beloved land of Palestine”.
After fifteen centuries of autonomy, the Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai has passed into the hands of the Egyptian State.
The Order of Friars Minor honored the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (in photo) alongside theologian Leonardo Boff, the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), and the Laudato Si’ Movement with the 2025 Laudato Si’ Award.
July 2025 Issue
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