On Monday of this week, Pope Francis received Cardinal
Velasio De Paolis, C.S., Papal Delegate for the Legion
of Christ and Regnum
Christi in audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. During the
meeting, which lasted some 45 minutes, Cardinal De Paolis gave His Holiness a
report on the different stages of the review of the Legion and the Regnum
Christi, especially on his third year as Papal Delegate.
The cardinal and the Pope also spoke about the main task
entrusted to the Papal Delegate: to guide the Congregation to bring to a close
the elaboration of new Constitutions of the Legion of Christ, which will be
presented at an Extraordinary General Chapter, to be held foreseeably at the
beginning of 2014. It will be up to the Chapter also to elect the new general
government of the Congregation.
Cardinal De Paolis explained to the Pope the attention he
has given to Regnum Christi, which he described as a precious reality
that enriches the Legion’s field of action. The Cardinal also spoke
about the consecrated men and women and the lay people committed to the
Movement.
Concluding his meeting, the Papal Delegate informed
the Pope that a Statute is foreseen for the Regnum Christi, which
will regulate the life of the members and their relation with the Legionaries,
and which will require the approval of the Chapter, the Assemblies of the
consecrated men and women and of a General Assembly.
The final result of the process of renewal of the Regnum
Christi and the Legion of Christ, under the guidance of the Papal
Delegate, will be presented to the Holy Father, who will make the final
decisions.
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