The Monastic Life, an opportunity for the Church

The Monastic Life, an opportunity for the Church . Catholiques

Bishop Raffin of France participates in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Instituttes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Aposotlic Life in Rome."The monastic life and its meaning in the Church and the world today"was the theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary.Monsignor Pierre Raffin, Bishop of Metz, France, tells us that the decline in the number of monks and nuns in the worldwide (though an increase in certain areas)has an impact on the development of monasticism.

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