VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service | Jun. 24, 2014
VATICAN CITY
The Vatican will name a special “assistant” to advise the leadership of the troubled Legionaries of Christ, whose revised constitutions Pope Francis has still not approved four months after they were submitted to him.
Fr. Eduardo Robles Gil, general director of the Legionaries, made the announcement in a video message sent to the congregation’s members Sunday and now accessible on YouTube.
Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz and Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, respectively prefect and secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, informed Robles Gil of the plan for an adviser at a recent meeting, the general director said.
“We asked if this assistant would have a role in government, but we were told that no, our government was autonomous,” Robles Gil said in the video.
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