#Consecrated life

Pope Francis: to Superiors General, “triumphalism does not go well with consecrated life”

Russia: consecrated life, meeting of religious from Saratov Diocese. Focus on catechesis

Portugal: Week for Consecrated Life, “Serving life”. Parishes getting busy

Norway: Oslo, Feast of Consecrated Life at new Cathedral of St. Olav

The Church and the fight on paedophilia: the experience of the Marist Brothers. Turu: “We ask forgiveness for all the times we have been the object of scandal.”


The General Superior of the Marist Brothers, Emili Turú Rofes, addressed the theme of sexual abuse the occasion of the…

Friars Minor: a fresh start after the financial scandal. The Minister General: “It was a spiritual earthquake”

5.275 euro: it’s all that was left on the bank account of the Friars Minor as of September 2014, after…

The religious in Italy and the crisis: current numbers and changes. Fr Gaetani (CISM): “In harmony with Francis’ reform”

The general assembly of the Italian Conference of Major Superiors (CISM) to be held in Rimini November 14-18 will focus…

The numbers of religious life 50 years after the Council. Why the crisis is not yet behind us

The number of men belonging to religious orders in the years 1965-2015 declined by 39.58% (-130 545). Although figures are…

Vultum Dei quaerere. In Pope Francis’ Constitution the contemplatives are donated winds to fly high

The apostolic Constitution “Vultum Dei quaerere”, on women’s contemplative life, does not impose dispositions, rigorous observance, a Procrustean bed where…

“Vultum Dei quaerere”, Pope Francis on women’s contemplative life: “the world needs you.” Prudence with media communications and candidates’ recruitment

The Constitution – presented on the day in which the Church celebrates the liturgical “feast” of Mary Magdalene for the…

Church and money. The funds of the religious are languishing. Time for transparency and sobriety in economic management

The careful economic administration of religious Institutes is a priority that involves 200 consecrated religious worldwide, in crisis of vocations…