At a news conference Jan. 31, Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect for the congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Society of Apostolic Life spoke about plans for the 2015 Year for Consecrated Life, which Pope Francis announced in November. The congregation hopes Pope Francis will celebrate the year’s opening Mass Nov. 21, when Read more
More than 3000 men and women religious leave the consecrated life each year, according to the secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Archbishop José Rodríguez Carballo said that the majority of cases occur at a “relatively young age”. The causes, he said, include “absence of spiritual life”, Read more