Religious of the Focolare Movement at the DPUC

On 16th December Mgr Usma Gómez, Head of the Western Section, received a group of 12 religious from 11 different Orders and Congregations from five different countries, united by the spirituality of the Unity of the Opera di Maria (Focolare Movement).

The theme of the meeting was the document The Bishop of Rome. Primacy and Synodality in Ecumenical Dialogues and Responses to the Encyclical Ut unum sint, published by the DPUC and recommended by the recent Synod on Synodality, as a basis for further reflection with other Christians on the exercise of the ministry of unity of the Bishop of Rome.

In addition to the religious, there were three lay participants from Equipe Notre Dame, Quinta Dimensione and Catarinati, which are part of the Roman Committee of Insieme per l'Europa, an ecumenical network that brings together more than 350 Christian movements and communities.