Missions in empty Spain with young people from Regnum ChristiAfter five years, the Holy See definitively approves the statutes of Regnum Christi, which were presented in 2019 by the Federation and had been on trial since then.
From the headquarters of the general management of the organization, they affirm in a press release that "this approval represents a recognition by the Holy See that gives solidity and stability to the Federation".
These statutes are the result of a long journey of renewal that began in 2010. Aware that it was necessary to express more clearly the charism of the organization, the Federation began a process of deepening its spirit. Thus, on May 31, 2019, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life canonically erected the Regnum Christi Federation and approved "ad experimentum" its statutes.
The statutes of Regnum Christi
Among the changes presented in 2019 were greater participation of the laity and new measures to prevent cases of abuse within the organization. However, the most significant change took place in the definition of the canonical structure, with the aim of finding a figure "that expresses the spiritual unity and apostolic collaboration of all, promotes the identity and legitimate autonomy of each consecrated reality, and allows the other faithful of Regnum Christi to belong to the same apostolic body in a canonically recognized way," as they explained in 2019.
For this reason, the statutes approved in 2019 state that "the Congregation of the Legionaries of Christ, the Society of Apostolic Life Consecrated Sisters of Regnum Christi and the Society of Apostolic Life Consecrated Laity of Regnum Christi are linked to each other through the Regnum Christi Federation".
The Holy See points out that all these changes are intended to help the members of the Federation "to promote the common charism and to foster collaboration in view of the mission entrusted to them by the Church".
