Le comunità ecclesiali di base nel rinnovamento della Chiesa nelle Filippine

Renewal of the Church with active participation of the laity has given rise to the birth of the basic ecclesial communities (in abbreviation “BEC”), which have become reality in many continents. According to the author, the Church of the Philippines can testify that, following the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and that of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines, it has begun its renewal through the BEC. They have grown into places of evangelization, of listening and proclaiming the Gospel in parishes and dioceses. The BEC have also become a hope for the universal Church. The BEC differ in shape and structure in rural and urban areas, but when all the agents of the BEC, especially the priests of the parish and the laity, cooperate in the spirit of the Gospel, the renewal is effective and fruitful. All BEC agents are invited at all times and in all places to form a community of the disciples who live in communion, through participation in the mission of Christ as a priestly, prophetic and royal community, in its identity of poverty.