VATICAN CITY
Vatican Information Service
Vatican City, 25 January 2013 (VIS) – ‘Ministrorum institutio’ is the title of the Motu Proprio by which the Holy Father modifies the Apostolic Constitution ‘Pastor bonus’, (John Paul II, 1988) and transfers the competency for seminaries from the Congregation for Catholic Education to the Congregation for the Clergy. Following are ample extracts from the document.
“The formation of sacred ministers was one of the main concerns of the Fathers of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, who wrote that, ‘fully aware that the desired renewal of the whole Church depends to a great extent on the ministry of its priests, [the Council] proclaims the extreme importance of priestly training’. In this context, canon 232 of the Code of Canon Law claims ‘the duty and the proper and exclusive right’ of the formation of those who are designated for the sacred ministries―that by regulation takes place in seminaries―as belonging to the Church.”
Note: This is an Abuse Tracker excerpt. Click the title to view the full text of the original article. If the original article is no longer available, see our News Archive.