a) what bishops expect from religious;
b) what
religious expect from bishops;
c) what
means are to be used to arrive at orderly and fruitful cooperation between
bishops and religious, both on diocesan and on national and international
levels.
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1. All religious, even exempt, are bound by the laws,
decrees and ordinances laid down by the local ordinary affecting various works,
in those matters which concern the exercise of the sacred apostolate as well as
the pastoral and social activity prescribed or recommended by the local
ordinary.
"2. They are also bound by the laws, decrees and
ordinances of the local ordinary or the episcopal conference" -- or,
according to the locality, the patriarchal synod
Dialog and collaboration are already a reality on various
levels. There is no doubt, however, that they have to be developed further, so
that they produce more abundant fruit. The need therefore is evident to
remember that in the work of collaboration, a real efficacious thrust will be
had only when the leaders are convinced that such a thrust originates first of
all in their own persuasion and formation. Indeed, everything will progress
better if they are deeply convinced of the necessity and of the nature and
importance of such cooperation, of mutual trust, of respect for the role of
each individual, of mutual consultation in determining and organizing
undertakings on every level. Then indeed the mutual relations between bishops
and religious, carried on sincerely and readily, will be of great value in
achieving in the most suitable and adequate way the dynamic vitality of the
Church-Sacrament in its admirable mission of salvation.
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