Asian News 09/28/2018
Vatican City – Pope Francis spoke Friday to participants
in the Plenary Assembly of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity,
whose theme was “Pentecostals, Charismatics, and Evangelicals: Impact on
the Concept of Unity”. In his address, the pontiff called for
overcoming mistrust and prejudices that exist between the Catholic
Church and other Christian movements.
For him, “The constant growth of these new expressions of Christian
life is a very significant phenomenon, which cannot be overlooked. [. .
.] First of all, we have the duty to discern and recognize the presence
of the Holy Spirit in these communities, trying to construct bonds of
authentic fraternity with them. This will be possible by multiplying the
opportunities for meeting and overcoming mutual distrust, motivated
many times by ignorance or lack of understanding. And I would like to
offer you a personal experience and declare a mea culpa. When I
was provincial [superior], I had forbidden Jesuits to enter into
relationships with these people - with the Catholic Renewal - and I said
that more than a prayer meeting it seemed like a “samba school”! Then I
apologized, and as a bishop I had a good relationship with them, with
Mass in the cathedral ... But it takes a journey to understand.
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