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Laity Council Convokes Seminar on Movements, Ecclesial Communities
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.- With the encouragement of Benedict XVI, the
Pontifical Council for the Laity is gathering bishops to reflect on "the
ecclesial movements and new communities as a gift of the Holy Spirit."
The
Thursday-Saturday seminar will bring about 100 bishops to Rocca di Papa, near
The pontifical
council announced in a communiqué that it "wishes to continue the reflection on
the ecclesial movements and new communities as a gift of the Holy Spirit for the
Church of our times with the pastors coming from every part of the
world."
The council
recalled a similar meeting in 1999, saying the time that has passed since then
has proven "fruitful for a deeper reciprocal knowledge and a greater awareness
of the role that these various realities have in the work of the new
evangelization." The dicastery also noted the "perfect continuation of the
magisterium of the Servant of God John Paul II in the thought of Benedict
XVI."
The prelates will
be accompanied by representatives from 20 movements and ecclesial
realities.
Cardinal Tarcisio
Bertone, the Pope's secretary of state, will inaugurate the seminar Thursday.
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