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Laity Council Convokes Seminar on Movements, Ecclesial Communities


VATICAN CITY, MAY 13, 2008 (Zenit.or g).- With the encouragement of Benedict XVI, the Pontifical Council for the Laity is gathering bishops to reflect on "the ecclesial movements and new communities as a gift of the Holy Spirit."

The Thursday-Saturday seminar will bring about 100 bishops to Rocca di Papa, near Rome, to study the movements and consider the Pope's Nov. 18, 2006, exhortation addressed to bishops of Germany: "I ask you to go out and meet the movements with much love."