Archive for category: Church Leaders on Charismatic Renewal & Covenant Communities

At 17.30 this afternoon, the Holy Father Francis left the Domus Sanctae Marthae for the Circus Maximus, for the Vigil of Pentecost and ecumenical prayer on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Catholic Charismatic Renewal, to conclude tomorrow with the Mass of Pentecost presided at by Pope Francis...

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400,000 Attend Encounter on Vigil of Pentecost VATICAN CITY, JUNE 4, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI expressed the hope that the Church’s “pastors will be careful not to extinguish the Spirit” manifested in new movements and ecclesial communities. The Pope also gave an exhortation to the gathering of some 400,000...

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An often asked question in the Forums concerns the legitimacy of the Charismatic Renewal and the phenomena associated with it. In the interests of full disclosure let me start by saying that I have never been, nor am I now, a member of this movement. The Church has never...

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Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM, CAP Fr. Cantalamessa is the preacher to the Papal Household. For the last 21 years he has preached for Pope John Paul II on Fridays during Advent and Lent. He leads numerous formation sessions and retreats throughout the world. Fr. Cantalamessa is a prophetic voice...

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By Pope Francis “You are dispensers of the grace of God, not controllers! Don’t be a customs office to the Holy Spirit!” At 5 o’clock today June 1, the Holy Father went to Rome’s Olympic Stadium to meet with the participants in the 37th National Convention of Renewal in the...

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Pope Francis to Charismatics – Us! THE HOLY FATHER’S ADDRESS at the 37th National Convocation of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal and Covenant Communities 1st June, 2014. Dear brothers and sisters! I thank you so much for your welcome. No doubt someone told the organizers that I very much like...

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Vatican Radio Pope at Mass: The measure of a Christian community The Christian community should be capable of full agreement within, able to bear witness to Christ to the outside world, to prevent any of its members from suffering and misery. These according to Pope Francis are the “three...

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By Pope Francis In Homily, Warns Against Rejecting Those Who Praise Spontaneously, Without Following ‘Formal Attitudes’. During his homily today at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on praising God through prayer – an act, he said, that makes us fruitful The Holy Father drew his homily from the...

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Vatican City The communion of holy persons who grow through participation in spiritual goods, and above all the Sacraments, the charisms and charity, was the theme of Pope Francis’ catechesis during today’s general audience. In the Sacraments, each one of us is “incorporated in Christ and united with the...

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