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. [...]
The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL) released a letter on January 18th, 2021 in honor of the upcoming World Day for Consecrated Life on February 2nd, 2021. With this letter, we wish to lessen the physical distance imposed on us for so many [...]
On July 1, 2020, CICLSAL issued a notice giving congregations and institutes the power to dispense with the "personal presence" required by canon 166§1 for the safety of all involved. Meetings between councilors and major superiors can now be held via "telecommunications," provided the following conditions are met: “that in [...]