Catholic World News News Feature
Catholic charismatics encouraged by Pontiff April 30, 2004
In a message to members of the Catholic charismatic renewal, Pope John Paul II has called for "that interior conversion without which man can find it difficult to resist the illusions of the flesh and the concupiscence of the world."
The Pope's message was addressed to representatives of about 1,800 different charismatic groups, representing a total of about 150,000 people, who are meeting this weekend in Rimini, Italy. The meeting will hear from a number of important Church leaders, including Cardinal Salvatore de Georgi of Palermo; Cardinal Ennio Antonelli of Florence; Cardinal Giovannit Battista Re, the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops; and Cardinal Francis Arinze, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship.
In his written message to the group, the Holy Father encouraged charismatic Catholics to pursue their path of spiritual renewal and evangelization. He said that "our time has a great need of men and woman who know how to communicate the beauty of the Gospel and the beauty of new life in the Spirit."
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