VATICAN PRESS CONFERENCE MOVEMENTS

20 Nov 2017

By Jamie O'Brien

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, arrives for a news conference at the Vatican on 14 June. Cardinal Muller presented a new Vatican document addressed to the world's bishops regarding Church movements. The document says bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities, but that the groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, arrives for a news conference at the Vatican on 14 June. Cardinal Muller presented a new Vatican document addressed to the world’s bishops regarding Church movements. The document says bishops have an obligation to welcome new movements and communities, but that the groups have an obligation to obey the local bishop. Photo: CNS/Paul Haring