Pope at Audience: ‘The Church is the mystery made perceptible
18/02/2026 St Peter's Square, the VaticanCatechesis. The Documents of Vatican Council II. II. Dogmatic Constitution Lumen gentium. 1. The mystery of the Church, sacrament of the union with God, and the unity of all humanity
Message of Pope Leo XIV
Dear brothers and sisters, good morning and welcome!
When the Second Vatican Council, to whose documents we are dedicating the catecheses, wanted to describe the Church, it was concerned first and foremost with explaining where its origins lie… Read more »














