Address to the Third International Congress of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Paul VI19 May 1975
The speech in which Pope Paul VI received the Catholic Charismatic Renewal at Rome in the Holy Year 1975, called it a chance for the Church and the world, and gave three rules from St Paul for discerning spiritual gifts.
Paul VI spoke to the participants of the movement’s third international congress, held in Rome. He welcomed their wish to stand within the Church, described the spiritual renewal he saw in many places, and asked how it could fail to be a “chance” for the Church and the world. He then set out three principles from Paul’s letters for testing spiritual gifts: fidelity to the authentic teaching of the faith, gratitude for all gifts as given for the common good, and above all love. See the Charismatic Renewal.
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- 1960 to 1967, firm date