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Charismatic Renewal marks 50th anniversary of founding
- Feb 18, 2017
“I’m grateful I wrote everything down,” Patti Gallagher Mansfield said speaking about the weekend that changed her life and the Church. “It’s not like I remember everything that was said, but I remember how I felt. I remember feeling like my body was on fire. I asked the priest (on the retreat), ‘Who should I tell?’ and he said, ‘The Lord will show you.'”

By Peter Finney Jr.
Recalling Father Scanlan’s sage advice on social media
- Jan 22, 2017
Father Michael Scanlan, the longtime leader of Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, was enthusiastic and even insistent about Christians venturing out, with prudence, on social media — but making sure you’re building up the kingdom of God, not undermining it.

By Kathryn Jean Lopez
Charismatic Steubenville leader who defined an era dies at 85
- Jan 7, 2017
Franciscan Father Michael Scanlan, who led the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio, from 1974 until 2000, died on Jan. 7 at 85. He both embodied and helped shape an entire era in American Catholic life, defined by what he called “dynamic orthodoxy.”

By John L. Allen Jr.

Charismatic sees ‘discontinuity’ between Francis and John Paul

Jul 10, 2016

Salvatore Martinez, the first lay president of Italy’s largest Catholic charismatic group, says that under St. John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the hierarchical and charismatic dimensions of the Church were seen as “co-essential,” while under Francis they’re also understood as “co-missionary.”

By Crux Staff

Uganda prelate clamps down on charismatic movement

Apr 3, 2016

Attempting to bring a sprawling and sometimes unruly charismatic movement in the Catholic Church under tighter control, Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala, Uganda, has issued new restrictions that include a ban on shouting, falling and rolling around on the ground during prayer services. Issued in late March, the new

By Crux Staff

Pope Francis says persecution is uniting Christians

Oct 31, 2014

ROME — Pope Francis styled anti-Christian violence around the world as a force bringing the churches closer together, saying on Friday that “for persecutors, we Christians are all one.” The pope’s comments came to a group of Catholic charismatics, who practice a high-octane style of praise and worship associated with

By Inés San Martín