Sorting Out Catholicism: A Brief History of the New Ecclesial Movements by Massimo Faggioli

by Massimo Faggioli

Focolare, Community of Sant’Egidio, Neocatechumenal Way, Legionaries of Christ, Communion and Liberation, Opus Dei. These are but a few of the most recognizable names in the broader context of the so-called ecclesial movements. Their history goes back to the period following the First Vatican Council, crosses Vatican II, and develops throughout the twentieth century. It is a history that prepares the movements’ rise in the last three decades, from John Paul II to Francis. These movements are a complex phenomenon that shapes the Church now more than before, and they play a key role for the future of Catholicism as a global community, in transition from a Europe-centered tradition to a world Church.

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First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Massimo Faggioli is professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University in Philadelphia.
He has written extensively on modern Church history: on Vatican II, on the new Catholic movements, on the papacy, and on the abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He has a column in "La Croix International" and in "Commonweal".
His books and essays have translated in more than ten languages.

Reviews

[Irene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part history, part ecclesiology, the author looks at the rise of lay ecclesial movements in the Catholic Church in the decades leading to and following the Second Vatican Council. He examines the attitude of various popes to these groups, their implicit and explicit ecclesiology and their relationship to the teachings of Vatican II particularly regarding the theology of the laity

[Leonardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Muy bueno! Me parece que no es fácil conseguir este tipo de material, habla en castellano, recorre una historia conocida pero que no sabía que estaba escrita en algún lado.

Al final tiene una bibliografía que me parece que da para seguir investigando.

Relata todo el desarrollo de los movimientos en especial en su vínculo con el vaticano. Se mete en temas legales de como insertar a los movimientos dentro de la estructura de la Iglesia, y con las críticas que los Movimientos fueron recibiendo.