Nov. 21 is \u201cPro Orantibus Day.\u201d The Church will pray for people who devote themselves to contemplative life in monasteries. That day, the Vatican will publish a new document dedicated to them.<\/p>\n
MSGR. JOS\u00c9 RODR\u00cdGUEZ CARBALLO In recent years, the Catholic Church has seen a decrease in the number of vocations to religious life. The statistics refer to both contemplative life and religious life in general.<\/p>\n The latest Fides report shows that in 2017, the number of religious men, not including priests, decreased by 2.07 percent; and the number of religious women by 1.05 percent. <\/p>\n The congregation has been working on this issue for a while. According to Carballo, the problem does not affect only celibate life. He explains the congregation will publish an additional document with guidelines to face this situation.<\/p>\n MSGR. JOS\u00c9 RODR\u00cdGUEZ CARBALLO Jos\u00e9 Rodriguez Carballo notes that the decrease in the number of religious is a reality that cannot be ignored. Nevertheless, he also warns against falling to \u201cthe temptation of numbers.\u201d He says we must invest in quality over quantity.<\/p>\n MSGR. JOS\u00c9 RODR\u00cdGUEZ CARBALLO The perseverance of the religious and the update of certain guidelines on contemplative life are not the only areas of religious life on which the Vatican is working.<\/p>\n They are also investing in the formation of leaders of religious congregations in areas like the management of the patrimony.<\/p>\n Italy and Spain are the two countries with the highest presence of contemplative life. However, they also have the highest number of convents close each year. One of the objectives of the congregation is to form abbots and treasurers so they can leave these buildings in good hands. That way they will retain their sacred nature.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 20th, 2019. The secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life announces that the Vatican will publish a document on perseverance in religious life and another one on contemplative life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kt-MD3EtmBY","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bproorantibuseng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bproorantibusint.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47381"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSecretary, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life<\/strong>
\n\u201cWe will present the new document made for them, the \u201cRatio Formationis.\u201d It is the first document encompassing all forms of consecrated life. It is called 'The art of searching for God's face. Guidelines for contemplatives.'\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSecretary, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe document has been thoroughly studied. Many people have collaborated on fidelity and perseverance, touching on the topic of abandoning religious life. . The existential crisis is global, with repercussions in all aspects of society. For example, even the family suffers, as seen in the alarming decrease in the number of marriages.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nSecretary, Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life<\/strong>
\n\u201cThe important thing in this moment is we work on the ''significance' and we don't give in to the temptation of the number. If the Lord gives us quantity while maintaining quality, blessed be the Lord. However, if to obtain more numbers we lose quality, then this would be fatal for consecrated and contemplative life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n