The Catholic Charismatic Movement and the Protestant World in Italy after Vatican II

While the impetus provided by Charismatic movements has (since their origins) been a defining impulse towards Christian unity, it is worth noting that there was little to no intersection between the formal Charismatic and organizational ecumenical movements until the mid-1990s to early 2000s. The Catholic church’s preferential option for organized ecumenical forms, specifically manifest in official doctrinal and theological dialogues with well-established historical entities, made the inclusion of the Charismatic movement challenging.