Maseru, 02 February, 2026 / 5:15 pm (ACI Africa).
The Holy Father has encouraged the members of the Lesotho Catholic Bishops Conference (LCBC) who are meeting for their assembly to continue journeying together in faith, emphasizing the spirit of service in a synodal Church.
In a Sunday, February 1 message delivered on his behalf by the Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho during Holy Mass marking the opening of the 48th Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the LCBC, Pope Leo XIV assured Catholic Church leaders in Lesotho of his spiritual closeness and expressed hope that their plenary assembly would “bear abundant fruit for the life of the Church in Lesotho and for the good of all her people.”
“I bring to you not only the Holy Father’s blessing but also his encouragement to walk together in faith, hope, and love, as a Church that listens, discerns, and serves,” Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński said while conveying the Pope’s message during the February 1 event that was held at the Maria Mabasotho Oblate Pastoral Center in the Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru.
In his personal remarks, the 57-year-old Vatican diplomat, who was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and South Africa in April 2024, called upon the LCBC members to let their gathering “be a time of listening to the Holy Spirit, of fraternal communion, and of renewed commitment to the mission of evangelization.”
“The challenges are many, but the Lord walks with us,” Archbishop Jagodziński said at the assembly that was graced by King Letsie III of Lesotho.
