Pope Leo: Don\u2019t let tension between tradition, novelty become \u2018harmful polarizations\u2019 Pope Leo XIV said at a Mass on Sunday that no one in the Church \u201cshould impose his or her own ideas\u201d and asked that tensions between tradition and novelty not become \u201cideological contrapositions and harmful polarizations.\u201d \u201cThe supreme rule in the Church is love. No one is called to dominate; all are called to serve,\u201d Leo said in St. Peter\u2019s Basilica on Oct. 26. \u201cNo one should impose his or her own ideas; we must all listen to one another,\u201d he continued. \u201cNo one is excluded; we are all called to participate. No one possesses the whole truth; we must all humbly seek it and seek it together.\u201d The pontiff celebrated Mass on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time for the closing of the Jubilee of Synodal Teams and Participatory Bodies, part of the Church\u2019s wider Jubilee of Hope in 2025. In a call for communion, Pope Leo addressed all the participants in the synodality meeting and asked for their help to expand \u201cthe ecclesial space\u201d and make it \u201ccollegial and welcoming.\u201d Leo also spoke about synodality with the jubilee pilgrims during an Oct. 24 event at the Vatican. The Holy Spirit transforms \u2018harmful polarizations\u2019 \u201cBeing a synodal Church means recognizing that truth is not possessed but sought together, allowing ourselves to be guided by a restless heart in love with Love,\u201d he emphasized. The pontiff called on Christians to live \u201cwith confidence and a new spirit amid the tensions that run through the life of the Church: between unity and diversity, tradition and novelty, authority and participation. We must allow the Spirit to transform them, so that they do not become ideological contrapositions and harmful polarizations.\u201d It is not a question of resolving these tensions \u201cby reducing one to the other, but of allowing them to be purified by the Spirit, so that they may be harmonized and oriented toward a common discernment,\u201d he said. He also made it clear that, \u201cprior to any difference, we are called in the Church to walk together in the pursuit of God, clothing ourselves with the sentiments of Christ.\u201d Resolving tensions in the Church In his homily on the day\u2019s Gospel passage, the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector, the pope warned of the danger of spiritual pride displayed by the pharisee: \u201cThe pharisee is obsessed with his own ego, and in this way, ends up focused on himself without having a relationship with either God or others.\u201d Leo pointed out that this can also occur in the Christian community. For example, \u201cwhen the ego prevails over the collective, causing an individualism that prevents authentic and fraternal relationships,\u201d he said. He also criticized \u201cthe claim to be better than others, as the pharisee does with the tax collector, [because it] creates division and turns the community into a judgmental and exclusionary place; and when one leverages one\u2019s role to exert power rather than to serve.\u201d The pope highlighted the tax collector\u2019s humility as an example for the entire Christian community: \u201cWe too must recognize within the Church that we are all in need of God and of one another, which leads us to practice reciprocal love, listen to each other, and enjoy walking together.\u201d Leo urged Catholics to dream of and build a more humble Church, capable of reflecting the Gospel in its way of living and relating. \u201cA Church that does not stand upright like the pharisee, triumphant and inflated with pride, but bends down to wash the feet of humanity; a Church that does not judge like the pharisee does the tax collector but becomes a welcoming place for all,\u201d he said. He also invited the entire ecclesial community to commit itself to building a Church that is \u201centirely synodal, ministerial, and attracted to Christ,\u201d dedicated to serving the world and open to listening to God and to all the men and women of our time. After the Mass on Oct. 26, Pope Leo led the Angelus prayer in Latin from a window of the Apostolic Palace, which overlooks St. Peter\u2019s Square. In his message following the Marian prayer, he expressed his closeness to the people of eastern Mexico, who were hit earlier this month by devastating floods and landslides, leaving 72 dead and dozens still missing. \u201cI pray for the families and for all those who are suffering as a result of this calamity, and I entrust the souls of the deceased to the Lord, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin,\u201d the pope said. Leo also renewed his call to \u201cunceasingly\u201d pray for peace, especially through the communal recitation of the rosary. \u201cContemplating the mysteries of Christ together with the Virgin Mary, we make our own the suffering and hope of children, mothers, fathers, and elderly people who are victims of war,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd from this intercession of the heart arise many gestures of evangelical charity, of concrete closeness, of solidarity. To all those who, every day, with confident perseverance carry on this commitment, I repeat: \u2018Blessed are the peacemakers!\u2019\u201d This story was first published by ACI Prensa, CNA\u2019s Spanish-language news partner. It has been translated and adapted by CNA. Receive the most important news from EWTN Vatican via WhatsApp. It has become increasingly difficult to see Catholic news on social media. 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