Eighth of May Movement

The Eight May movement (Dutch Acht-Mei-beweging) was a Dutch umbrella organization within the Dutch Roman Catholic Church with the aim to reform it. It was founded in 1985, because of dissatisfaction with the ruling conservative current in the Dutch Catholic church. The immediate reason was the visit of John Paul II to the Netherlands in 1985.

This visit led to controversies. Could Catharina Halkes, among others, speak?. What would one be allowed to say? The Movement disbanded in 2003, because its former adherents had largely disengaged from the church and those who were left were much older.