The Synod has published the interim reports of its Study Groups, marking a key moment in the implementation phase of the Synod on Synodality. These documents reflect ongoing work by ten thematic groups and several commissions, all engaged in listening, discernment, and dialogue grounded in the synodal process. Although a [...]
On February 15th, 2022, Pope Francis issued the motu proprio "Competentias quasdam decernere" (full text here), which contained a number of important changes to canon law. Nearly all of these changes have a decentralizing focus, often by transferring rights or responsibilities previously held by the Holy See to bishops or major superiors. [...]
On January 17th, 2022, CICLSAL and the Synod of Bishops released a joint letter outlining how consecrated religious can participate in the synodal process. Signed by both Card. Braz de Aviz, prefect of CICLSAL, and Card. Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, the letter indicates it is a response to [...]
Cardinal João Bráz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of of Apostolic Living (CICLSAL) issued a letter today, March 25th, 2021, commemorating the 25th anniversary of St. John Paul II's apostolic exhortation Vita Consecrata. Recalling the vitality and originality of the document (something Card. [...]