In March 2008 the Way met with nine cardinals and 160 European bishops at the Domus Galilaeae International Center on the Mount of Beatitudes in Galilee. Christoph Cardinal Schönborn said that during the last 40 years Europe has said ‘no' to its future three times: in 1968 when it rejected 'Humanae Vitae'; then, 20 years later, with the legalization of abortion; and today with homosexual marriages. He called the Neocatechumenal Way an answer of the Holy Spirit to this situation. A joint declaration from the bishops said, Here we have an important proposal, the proposal of the Neocatechumenal Way, which is to renew the life of the family.