Category: lay movements

Pope encourages young Catholics to use ‘creative courage’ to evangelize

by bcadmin | Sep 26, 2022 | Catholic News Service, lay movements, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis encouraged young Catholics to take an active role — not be spectators — in the church’s mission.

Schonstatt movement founder accused of abuse in U.S.

by bcadmin | Jul 7, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, clerical sexual abuse, lay movements, News | 0 |

The Diocese of Trier released a summary of a report detailing allegations of abuse made in the United States against the founder of the Schonstatt movement, Father Joseph Kentenich.

Pope encourages Cursillo members to build unity, share Gospel

by bcadmin | May 31, 2022 | Catholic News Service, lay movements, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

Members of the Cursillo movement are called to share their experience of faith and God’s love by building up the unity of the Catholic Church and showing others the joy of faith, Pope Francis said.

Pope meets head of scandal-plagued order struggling with reform

by bcadmin | Nov 1, 2021 | lay movements, lead, Luis Fernando Figari, News, Peru, Pope Francis, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis Saturday met with the leader of the scandal-ridden Peruvian lay group, a meeting which comes amid further complaints from former members and as the community is redrafting it governing constitutions.

Leadership is distorted by thirst for power, betraying charism, pope says

by bcadmin | Sep 17, 2021 | Catholic News Service, lay movements, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis praised Catholic lay movements and associations for living out the Gospel in their everyday lives and for promoting education, social support and evangelization in the world’s peripheries.

Vatican suppresses Italy-based community founded by married couple

by bcadmin | Aug 25, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Church in Italy, lay movements, new movements, News, Vatican | 0 |

With the approval of Pope Francis, the Vatican has ordered the dissolution of an Italy-based community, which had its headquarters in Verona and communities in Medjugorje and Brazil.

Vatican suppresses Italy-based lay movement founded by alleged visionary

by bcadmin | Jun 30, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, lay movements, News, Vatican | 0 |

With the approval of Pope Francis, the Vatican has ordered the dissolution of an Italy-based lay movement.

Vatican tightens grip on lay movements after recent scandals

by bcadmin | Jun 11, 2021 | ACCA, Lay associations, lay movements, Luis Fernando Figari, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

The Vatican has published new norms tightening its grip on lay movements and associations, among other things imposing strict term limits for international leaders.

New book explores plague of abuse in Church’s new religious movements

by bcadmin | Apr 12, 2021 | Books, Catholic Church, clerical sexual abuse, France, Interviews, lay movements, lead, new movements, News, Sexual abuse | 0 |

In 2017, the man who leads the Vatican’s office for religious congregations acknowledged in an interview that some 70 “new movements” were under investigation for the abusive behavior of their founders.

Pope to Focolare: Continue to grow in dialogue with today’s world

by bcadmin | Feb 8, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Focolare, lay movements, new movements, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |

Pope Francis encouraged members of the Focolare movement to remain open to and in dialogue with the world around them, and to be courageous in confronting problems within their community, particularly in regard to revelations of abuse.

Malta archdiocese condemns charismatic group accused of abuse

by bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | Abuse, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, Church in Europe, lay movements, lead, Malta, News | 0 |

After a 5-month investigation into the Maltese Community of Jesus the Savior, the archdiocese has issued a decree forbidding participation in the group after finding what it described as abusive tendencies causing harm to members.

Reform or suppression: Troubled lay movements need outside oversight

by bcadmin | Nov 5, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, clerical sexual abuse, Father Hans Zollner, lay movements, new movements, News, Vatican | 0 |

Questions have been raised about the influence some lay groups exercise over their members and about how the church should determine whether the movement should be reformed or dissolved when there is abuse or corruption.