In his weekly General Audience, Pope Leo XIV continued his catechesis on Lumen Gentium, the Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. He said that "The Bishops, first and foremost, and through them the priests and deacons, have received tasks (in Latin munera), which lead them to the service of 'all those who belong to the People of God,' so that, 'working toward a common goal freely and in an orderly way, [they] may arrive at salvation' (Lumen Gentium #18)."
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