Tag: Christian Life Sodalitium

  • Sodalitium of Christian Life signs its decree of suppression

    Sodalitium of Christian Life signs its decree of suppression

    Source: Vatican News

    At the headquarters of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in the Vatican, they signed the decree of suppression as a society of lay apostolic life: “We also ask forgiveness from the whole Church and society for the pain caused.” Among the reasons for the suppression was the lack of foundational charisma.

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  • “It hurts and shames us”: The Pope suppresses the women’s branch of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (Diario “El Debate” [Spain])

    “It hurts and shames us”: The Pope suppresses the women’s branch of the Sodalitium of Christian Life (Diario “El Debate” [Spain])

    Article originally published in El Debate on April 7, 2025.

    The decision responds to decades of abuses of power, spiritual manipulation and financial scandals within their communities

    By María Rabell García (Correspondent in Rome and the Vatican of “El Debate”)

    By decision of Pope Francis, the Holy See has decreed the definitive suppression of the Public Association of Faithful Servants of God’s Plan, one of the female branches born of the Sodalitium of Christian Life and founded by the Peruvian Luis Fernando Figari.

    This measure, executed by a decree of the dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, is part of the process of dissolution of all the works promoted by Figari, who has been accused for years of abuses of power, conscience and sexual abuses, as well as financial irregularities.

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