Pastoral Conversion according to the Congregation of the Clergy. A Critical Reading of the Instruction ‘The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community in the Service of the Evangelizing Mission of the Church’ (2020) KU Leuven
The Congregation for the Clergy situates its 2020 Instruction on the reform of parish structures in the context of pastoral conversion. This article complements the Instruction in two ways. First, it offers a reflection on the various possible meanings of the technical term ‘pastoral’, which was coined by John XXIII, embraced by the Second Vatican Council, and re-introduced by Pope Francis. The term points to a concern for the faithful which may ...