Articles on this issue "laity"
American Cardinal James Francis Stafford believes the current Church crisis is a crisis of parish life. The president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity explained his views in this …
read moreCologne's 2005 World Youth Day will be important to help Europe rediscover Christian values in a time of constant change, says a Vatican aide. Father Francis Kohn, in charge of the youth …
read moreFides).- Many churches in the indigenous Carcha and Chisec mission in northern Guatemala have been having weekly send-offs -- for missionaries of its own. The Sunday ceremonies are in response …
read moreJohn Paul II reminded the laity of its responsibility to "humanize" the world and shed the light of the Gospel on numerous social situations. The Pope expressed this conviction in a message to …
read moreJohn Paul II will canonize five Spaniards in Madrid this Sunday, including a Jesuit priest, José María Rubio. Father Rubio was outstanding for his work among the needy and for his keen …
read moreThe future of Latin America depends on its capacity to make progress in the process of integration, including the possibility of a South American confederation, says a Vatican official. Guzmán …
read moreThe principal mission of Christians is to proclaim Christ as the only savior of mankind, John Paul II says. "Humanity of the third millennium also needs to discover that Christ is its savior," …
read moreMary Ann Glendon gave an address today at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum on the role and renewal of the Catholic laity. Glendon, a Harvard law professor, was John Paul II's …
read moreTwenty years ago, the classrooms of Rome pontifical universities were filled with seminarians, priests and men and women religious. Today, thousands of young people flock to those same …
read moreMore than ever, the Church needs holy lay people and the contribution of lay movements and associations, on the condition that they foster communion, says John Paul II. Continuing with the …
read moreCardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi was installed as the new archbishop of Milan, and warned that Europe's largest diocese must renew the vitality of the faith, so threatened by "secularization." On …
read moreJohn Paul II warned against the tendency to "clericalize the laity," which has resulted from erroneous interpretations of the Second Vatican Council. When greeting a group of bishops from …
read moreThe Vatican announced the approval of the Statute of the Neocatechumenal Way, the spiritual renewal movement born in the mid-1960s in Spain. The Pontifical Council for the Laity in a statement …
read moreWary of a clericalization of the laity and a laicization of the clergy, John Paul II insisted that the relation between priests and faithful is one of complementarity, not equality. The Holy …
read moreFifty thousand young people of the group Missionary Youth and Family will spend their Holy Week vacation in popular missions to rural and Indian communities of Mexico. The "mega mission," as …
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