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Renewal of the Church with active participation of the laity has given rise to the birth of the basic ecclesial communities (in abbreviation “BEC”), which have become reality in many continents. According to the author, the Church of the Philippines can testify that, following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and that of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines, it has begun its renewal...
The Church must continually ask herself how to be a witness of the Gospel to the world in which she lives. In her work of evangelization even today, therefore, the Church must deal with the socio-cultural context that she faces, characterized by an increasingly plural society and by continuous changes that have affected the institution, gestures and tools of the Christian tradition. It is therefore...
One of the main messages of the Second Vatican Council was to highlight that members of the laity not only constitue and shape the Church but, even more importantly, have joint responsibility for it. The Church wants them to willingly respond to Christ’s calling which encourages them to take responsibility for the Church (see: Pope John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation “Christifideles laici”, 2-3)....
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