LOURDES (FRANCE)
La Croix International
November 12, 2018
By Bruno Bouvet
Religious appear to agree on the importance of a balanced community life to prevent abuse, including the correct use of speech and authority
French religious communities, whose leaders are meeting in Lourdes until Nov.13, have not been immune from the problems and abuses highlighted by Pope Francis in his Letter to the People of God. Many now view these difficulties as an opportunity for renewal, particularly in Church governance.
What did Father Jean-Pierre Longeat, a monk from Ligugé and former president of the Conference of Men and Women Religious in France (CORREF), mean when he spoke of “beneficial situations that are forcing us to take a stand”?
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