Top 10 Trends 1.A World Church 2.Evangelical Catholicism 3.Islam 4.The New Demography 5.Expanding Lay Roles 6.The Biotech Revolution 7.Globalization 8.Ecology 9.Multipolarism 10.Pentecostalism

A Cautionary Note Trends within the Church, or World, have not always affected the Church The Church is in society, but not part of society Be careful not to assume fully that modern trends will direct the Church Difficult to see…always in motion the future is.

Global Global North is not going anywhere The Global South will become much more prominent Allen’s prediction already confirmed by the election of an Argentinean Pope Immigration patterns Four focuses: Conservative, Social Justice, Biblical, Young

Current Make-Up of the Curia Pope – Argentina Secretary of State – Italian Prefects: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith – German Congregation for the Oriental Churches – Argentina Congregation for Divine Worship – Spanish Congregation for Causes of Saints – Vacant Congregation for Evangelization of Peoples – Italian Congregation for the Clergy – Italian Congregation for the Institute of Sacred Life – Brazil Congregation for Catholic Education – Polish Congregation for Bishops - Canadian

Extraverted Church Most of the battles since Vatican II have been ad intra (internal) Will see a shift, new issues will be ad extra (external) New top concerns will be Islam, aging population, biotechnology, Social Justice, Environment, International Relations

New Catholic Identity Theologically, the four markers of the Church are One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic What is physically seen on earth can change In the past, Catholic tribalism The various Catholic factions will all be upheaved in the 21 st century The Church will be something different in the future The Church as Community “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us” John 17:20-21