A laboratory of church renewal

Abstract

Nine years after the Medellin meeting, McNabb attended another assembly of Latin American bishops in Puebla, Mexico, opened by Pope John Paul II. The model became integral to the future pope's pastoral DNA, informing his view of church, the laity, the role of the priests and bishops, and how they all interact with one another as a church. - "Many young people who came to the church back when he was the parish priest, they have come back since our Pope Leo XIV was elected," said Ocampo.