Originally published at National Catholic Register
With the signing of this decree, all the institutions founded by Figari are dissolved, including the Marian Fraternity of Reconciliation, the Servants of God’s Plan, and the Christian Life Movement.
The Vatican announced Tuesday that the suppression of the Sodality of Christian Life and all the institutions founded by Luis Fernando Figari has been formalized as a result of an investigation ordered by Pope Francis.
The Sodality of Christian Life (SCV by its Latin acronym) was officially dissolved Monday after its superior general, José David Correa, signed the decree of suppression at the headquarters of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in the Vatican.
The sodality reported in a statement that the act took place “in the presence of Sister Simona Brambilla, prefect of the dicastery.”
It also reported that “Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu Farnós has been appointed as apostolic commissioner to oversee matters related to the suppression of the sodality.” Bertomeu, along with Archbishop Charles Scicluna, was part of the special mission that Pope Francis sent to Peru in July 2023 to investigate allegations of abuse within the apostolate.
In its text, the SCV affirmed that its members accept “with sorrow and obedience”
