From Religion News Service:
While the Canadian cardinal won’t get to vote in the next conclave shaping the future of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Marc Ouellet still has a lot to say about how the institution should face the challenges ahead. In his new book, “Word, Sacrament, Charism: Risks and Opportunities of a Synodal Church,” Ouellet challenges the Church to worry less about creating something new, and more about treasuring what is already there.
“My book would like to reawaken the interest in charisms in the church,” Ouellet said, “but they often don’t find the space to develop because they are not valued and recognized. A clerical culture doesn’t leave much space for charisms,” said Ouellet, adding that there is a “generalized mentality by faithful who don’t see the work of the Holy Spirit among all the people of God.”