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All Sodalitium-linked movements are ended, Vatican envoy confirms in Peru
An official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said Pope Francis' decision to suppress Sodalitium Christianae Vitae was based on the fact that there was no authentic charism, or spiritual gifts, in the controversial lay movement founded by Luis Fernando Figari in 1971.
The Sodalicio de Vida Cristriana was founded by theologian Luis Fernando Figari in 1971. It grew rapidly and in 1997 St. John Paul II approved it as a body of pontifical law. Over time, rumors of “non soncta” practices, such as sexual abuse of minors, also grew.
Vatican envoy announces suppression of all branches of Peru group
ROME – On Sunday the Vatican official tasked with suppressing a Peru-based lay group plagued by scandal announced that not just one, but all four entities belonging to the so-called “spiritual family” have been suppressed. Last month news leaked that after over a year of inquiry by the Vatican’s top two investigators, the pope had decided to suppress the Peru-based Sodalitium Christiane Vitae (SCV), founded by Peruvian layman Luis Fernando Figar…
The Spanish priest Jordi Bertomeu detailed that the pontiff appointed him to accompany this process of dissolution, which affects the whole sodalite family. “It is not a punishment, it is the opposite,” he said.
All Sodalitium-linked movements are ended, Vatican envoy confirms in Peru - Catholic Review
An official of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith said Pope Francis’ decision to suppress Sodalitium Christianae Vitae was based on the fact that there was no authentic charism, or spiritual gifts, in the controversial lay movement founded by Luis Fernando Figari in 1971. The decision came along with ending “everything that Figari founded,” the official, Msgr. Jordi Bertomeu, said. Concelebrating Mass Feb. 2 at the Church of Our Lady of…
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