{"id":194625,"date":"2026-03-04T09:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=194625&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=194625"},"modified":"2026-03-04T09:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T14:18:22","slug":"the-church-lives-in-this-paradox-she-is-a-reality-that-is-both-human-and-divine-pope-leos-words-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/the-church-lives-in-this-paradox-she-is-a-reality-that-is-both-human-and-divine-pope-leos-words-today\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe Church lives in this paradox: She is a reality that is both human and divine.\u201d: Pope Leo\u2019s Words Today"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"194625\" class=\"elementor elementor-194625\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f03b2ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f03b2ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e79f76b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e79f76b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ZKRKU\" data-testid=\"post-renderer-component\">\n<div class=\"fV3Jt\">\n<div class=\"GOJZx\">\n<div class=\"agPPc U4hHe hWX7X fs-mask\">\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Church lives in this paradox: She is a reality that is both human and divine.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this week\u2019s Wednesday audience, Pope Leo XIV continues his catechesis on the Second Vatican Council and \u2018Lumen gentium,\u2019 reflecting on the Church as both a visible and spiritual reality.<\/p>\n<p>The Church is both human and divine. 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