Vatican approval necessary for diocesan religious orders

Vatican approval necessary for diocesan religious orders, pope says

Bishops who want to establish a religious order in their dioceses must first obtain the written permission of the Holy See, Pope Francis ...

Pope adds preliminary step for creating diocesan religious orders

Pope Francis issued a decree requiring bishops to obtain written permission from the Vatican to start an “association of the faithful” as a ...

Pope toughens rules on new religious orders - The Tablet

Pope Francis has ruled that new religious orders must receive Vatican approval before being established. It is a significant move that is ...

Pope Francis: New public associations of faithful require written ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday decreed that diocesan bishops must receive written permission from the Vatican before erecting a public association of the faithful.

Pope Francis Requires Bishops to Have Vatican Permission for New ...

The Vatican clarified in 2016 that by law the diocesan bishop was required to consult with the Apostolic See before giving canonical recognition ...

Vatican approval necessary for diocesan religious orders, Pope says

Pope Francis. Photo: Vatican Media. Bishops who want to establish a religious order in their dioceses must first obtain the written permission ...

Pope restricts bishops' rights to approve diocesan religious ...

— Catholic Herald, Rome — Pope Francis has restricted the right of diocesan bishops to establish new religious congregations. In a motu proprio ...

Pope rules Vatican review needed to set up diocesan religious order

VATICAN CITY – Diocesan bishops must consult with the Vatican before establishing a diocesan religious order, Pope Francis ruled. The ...

Pope's new rules on establishing religious orders getting mixed ...

Bishops grapple with Francis' decree that they must first get Vatican approval before recognizing new religious communities of diocesan right.

Founding New Religious Institutes: Pope Francis Changes the Law ...

If you look at the original canon 579 as translated above, it told us one thing that a diocesan bishop needed to do if he wanted to erect a ...

Francis and the power of governance: Understanding the pope's ...

The Holy See announced on Wednesday a change to canon law that will require diocesan bishops to seek Vatican permission before they can ...

Bishops must consult Vatican over new religious orders

The consultation "is to be understood as necessary for the validity of the erection of a diocesan institute of consecrated life," said the rescript or ruling ...

Limiting Diocesan Bishops' Authority: Recent Decrees From Pope ...

The original canon 579, promulgated in 1983 by then-Pope John Paul II, required only that a diocesan bishop consult with Rome before erecting a ...

Pope Francis requires bishops to have Vatican permission for new ...

The Vatican clarified in 2016 that by law the diocesan bishop was required to consult with the Apostolic See before giving canonical recognition ...

New Catholic religious orders have gone unchecked for decades ...

The decree follows a similar one issued in 2020 that required prior Vatican approval for diocesan-level religious orders, suggesting the Vatican ...

Code of Canon Law - The People of God - Part II. (Cann. 607-709)

Houses of a religious institute are erected by the authority competent according to the constitutions, with the previous written consent of the diocesan bishop.

Pope tightens oversight on creation of new religious orders

The new law says greater Vatican oversight was necessary to ensure the new orders meet the criteria of having a unique charism, or founding ...

Pope Francis allows lay members to govern clerical religious orders

The change allows for non-ordained religious brothers to assume the office of major superior — a governing rank equivalent to a bishop in canon ...

Code of Canon Law - The People of God - Part II. (Cann. 368-430)

368 Particular churches, in which and from which the one and only Catholic Church exists, are first of all dioceses, to which, unless it is otherwise evident, ...

Whose permission do you need to have to start a religious order in ...

If a group perseveres in this, they can be recognized as a “public person” in the Catholic Church. Being a public person has some rights and ...