#Consecrated life

Pope Francis: to women religious, “I would like to set up an official commission” to study the issue

Women religious inside the Church. Sister Patricia Murray (UISG): “Can serve at every level, from the Vatican Dicasteries to the most remote jungle areas”

Almost 900 nuns will meet in Rome for the plenary Assembly of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG). For…

Which priest for the Italian Church? Dal Molin: “A man amid the people.” The importance of the Word and the value of testimony

The annual meeting of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) in May will address the renewal of the clergy starting from…

Pontifical Yearbook: the figures of the Catholic Church in the world. Higher rates of new baptised, crisis of Europe, increasing numbers of diocesan priests, the difficulties of the religious

There are approximately 1 billion 272 million baptized Catholics in the world that are growing at a faster pace than…

Braz de Aviz: “Serving the missions to overcome the crisis”. Asia, the Bishops’ Report, the situation of the Franciscans Friars of the Immaculate

The Year of Consecrated Life, proclaimed by Pope Francis on November 30 2014, has ended. For Cardinal João Braz de…

Poland: Bishops’ Letter for Day for Consecrated Life. The examples of Faustina Kowalska and Maximilian Kolbe

Pope Francis: Message for the Day of Prayer for Vocations, appeal for “accurate selection of candidates”

Fr Jöhri: “Intensifying cooperation among religious institutes”

Fr Jöhri, minister general of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchins since 2006, was elected president of the Union of…

Consecrated life: Nordic countries, pastoral letter published in all dioceses