President of Communion and Liberation announces he’s stepping down
Spanish Father Julián Carrón, president of Communion and Liberation, has announced he is stepping down from the office he has held since 2005.
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by bcadmin | Nov 15, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Communion and Liberation, Dicastery for Family Laity and Life, new movements, News, Vatican | 0 |
Spanish Father Julián Carrón, president of Communion and Liberation, has announced he is stepping down from the office he has held since 2005.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 14, 2021 | Aid to the Church in Need, Enzo Bianchi, Father Marcial Maciel, Father Werenfried van Straaten, Jean Vanier, L'Arche, lead, Legion of Christ, Luis Fernando Figari, new movements, News, News Analysis | 0 |
Most observers of new movements in the Catholic Church would say they tend to share a number of characteristics, one of which is a strong cult of personality around the founder that tends to insulate such figures from suspicion and creates a series of disincentives for bringing forth accusations or complaints.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 22, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Focolare, France, lay movements, new movements, News, Sexual abuse | 0 |
The president of Focolare has accepted the resignations of the lay movement’s top leaders in France and announced the group will ask an independent committee to investigate how allegations of the sexual abuse of minors have been handled.
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