It is a great joy to be with you here in Porto San Giorgio, itinerant catechistsfrom all continents whoare gathered in prayer, praising God and thanking him for the approval of the Statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way by the Pontifical Council for the Laity. Here is a translation of the Cardinal's address which was written in Italian and given to itinerant catechists meeting in Porto S. The Cardinal singled out for attention four sets of relationships: with the local bishop, with the parish priest and the parish community, the protection of the internal forum freedom of the members, and the respect for the manifold ways in which the Spirit acts in the Church. Decree of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, 29 June 2002), and that this good fruit would be ever more deeply rooted in the fertile soil of the Catholic Church". This was done to ensure that the experience ofthe Way would bear even greater fruit of the "Gospel radicalism and extraordinary missionary zeal that it brings to the life of the lay faithful, to families, to parish communities, and the abundance of vocations it inspires to the priestly and religious life" (cf. The participation of the ecclesiastical authorities was limited to verifying and ensuring the conformity of the Statutes with the doctrine and discipline of the Church. The initiators of the Way, and those who assisted them during this process, can testify to the great determination with which the Pontifical Council for the Laity proceeded to fulfil the Holy Father's mandate within the sphere of its own responsibility and the care and respect with which it worked so that the reality of the Way might be respected, in accord with the guidelines proposed by its initiators…. John Paul II, Address to the Neocatechumenal Way, 24 January 1997, op. It culminates in this "further guarantee of the authenticity of your charism" (cf. This long process of elaboration and examination of the Statutes was both a providential opportunity and an important time for the discernment by the Holy See of the message and experience of the Neocatechumenal Way.
Francis Stafford, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, gave this address at Porto San Giorgio to the itinerant catechists of the Neocatechumenal Way who were thanking God for the approval of theStatutes of the Way. Francis Stafford's address of 30 June to Neocatechumenal Way APPROVAL OF STATUTES: GUARANTEE OF AUTHENTICITYĬardinal J.
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