{"id":540,"date":"2025-11-06T11:24:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewtnromania.com\/2025\/11\/06\/pope-leo-xiv-piety-without-doctrine-is-sentimentality\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:24:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:24:12","slug":"pope-leo-xiv-piety-without-doctrine-is-sentimentality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/2025\/11\/06\/pope-leo-xiv-piety-without-doctrine-is-sentimentality\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Leo XIV: \u2018Piety Without Doctrine Is Sentimentality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: What was the main message from Pope Leo XIV to seminarians?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: Pope Leo XIV emphasized that piety without doctrine becomes fragile sentimentality, and doctrine without prayer becomes sterile and cold, stressing the need for balance between spiritual and intellectual formation.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: To whom did Pope Leo XIV address his letter?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He addressed his letter to the seminarians of the Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru, specifically those studying at the \u201cSan Carlos y San Marcelo\u201d major seminary.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What is the significance of the &#8220;San Carlos y San Marcelo&#8221; major seminary?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: The seminary was celebrating its 400th anniversary on November 4, an institution where Pope Leo XIV previously served as director of studies and taught various subjects.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: What did Pope Leo XIV say about the purpose of the priesthood?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He stated that the priesthood is not an escape from problems or a mere promotion, but rather a total gift of one&#8217;s existence arising from the Lord&#8217;s choice to share in His saving ministry.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Q: Why did Pope Leo XIV stress the importance of prayer for seminarians?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A: He highlighted that time spent in prayer is crucial for the Lord to shape their feelings, purify desires, strengthen vocations, and enable them to speak authentically about God.<\/p>\n\nThis is a summary of the article from https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-seminarians-piety-doctrine. Visit this link to view more.\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vcfv5XcILM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-seminarians-piety-doctrine\">Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: \u2018Piety without doctrine becomes fragile sentimentality\u2019<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Pope Leo XIV to seminarians: \u2018Piety without doctrine becomes fragile sentimentality\u2019&#8221; &#8212; EWTN Vatican\" src=\"https:\/\/ewtnvatican.com\/articles\/pope-leo-xiv-seminarians-piety-doctrine\/embed#?secret=IVNyvbQlHf#?secret=vcfv5XcILM\" data-secret=\"vcfv5XcILM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: What was the main message from Pope Leo XIV to seminarians? A: Pope Leo XIV emphasized that piety without doctrine becomes fragile sentimentality, and doctrine without prayer becomes sterile and cold, stressing the need for balance between spiritual and intellectual formation. Q: To whom did Pope Leo XIV address his letter? A: He addressed [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/denmark.ewtn.io\/da\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}