Is the Charismatic Renewal Really Catholic?
Pope Benedict XVI St. Patrick’s Cathedral, NY, USA, April 19, 2008″Let us implore from God the grace of a new Pentecost for the Church in America. May tongues of fire, combining burning love of God and neighbor with zeal for the spread of Christ’s Kingdom, descend on all present! Certainly within the Church’s divinely-willed structure there is a distinction to be made between hierarchical and charismatic gifts (cf. Lumen Gentium, 4). Yet the very variety and richness of the graces bestowed by the Spirit invite us constantly to discern how these gifts are to be rightly ordered in the service of the Church’s mission. For the Spirit never ceases to pour out his abundant gifts, to awaken new vocations and missions, and to guide the Church.” Pontiff Encourages Charismatic Renewal, May 4, 2008The Pope affirmed in a letter sent through his secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, to the members of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. “His Holiness praises and encourages the commitment with
