Pope Francis celebrated a Pentecost vigil on Saturday with 50,000 Catholic charismatics and Pentecostals from more than 125 countries.
The Pope joined in the singing as he stood between Michelle Moran, president of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services, and Patti Mansfield, who was present when the Catholic Charismatic Renewal was born.
He told the crowd gathered on a field at Circus Maximus in Rome that charismatic renewal was “a current of grace”, adding: “It is a work that was born Catholic? No. It was born ecumenical”, with similar results in many denominations and with Pentecostals providing support and education to new Catholic charismatics.
