Pope Leo XIV uses Van Gogh’s ‘Sower at Sunset’ to show how God’s Word is scattered freely — and how even fractured ground can ...

The Gospel parable of the "wasteful sower" who casts seeds on fertile soil as well as on a rocky path "is an image of the way ...

The Gospel parable of the “wasteful sower” who casts seeds on fertile soil as well as on a rocky path “is an image of the way ...

This is the text of the catechesis and appeal from Pope Leo XIV's first general audience, given May 21, in the Paul VI Hall.

At the heart of today’s address was the Parable of the Sower (Mt 13:1–17). Greeting pilgrims in various languages, Pope Leo XIV recalled the teaching of St Paul: “Each one will reap what he ...