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Changes in Religious Life: Freedom, Responsibility, Community.

The author reflects on the Vatican directives on religious life as embodied on the 1984 document "Essential Elements in the Church's Teachings on Religious Life as Applied to Institutes Dedicated to the Works of the Apostolate." He shares that Pope John Paul II has expressed concern on the decline i...

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Published in:America Magazine: The Jesuit Review of Faith & Culture Vol. 151; no. 6; pp. 120 - 124
Main Author: GRANFIELD, PATRICK
Format: Editorial
Published: America Media 9/15/1984
Subjects:
Christian life
Religious life
Christianity
Spirituality
Catholic Church
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The author reflects on the Vatican directives on religious life as embodied on the 1984 document "Essential Elements in the Church's Teachings on Religious Life as Applied to Institutes Dedicated to the Works of the Apostolate." He shares that Pope John Paul II has expressed concern on the decline in number of young people entering religious life. He expounds on the questions posed by Vatican and examines the needed responses of the religious.