Archbishop Ricardo Blazquez of Valladolid, Spain has concluded an
apostolic visitation of the lay branch of the Legion of Christ, Regnum
Christi.
A statement issued by Regnum Christi on June 16 announced that Archbishop Blazquez’s visitation, requested by Pope Benedict XVI, had reached an end.
A statement issued by Regnum Christi on June 16 announced that Archbishop Blazquez’s visitation, requested by Pope Benedict XVI, had reached an end.
The visitation was coordinated with Cardinal Velasio de Paolis, the
pontifical delegate for the Legion of Christ and the Regnum Christ
Movement.
The movement said Archbishop Blazquez is now drafting the report he will send to the Holy See at the end of June.
The movement said Archbishop Blazquez is now drafting the report he will send to the Holy See at the end of June.
It will
contain observations and suggestions culled from his interviews with the
consecrated members of the movement and “analysis of all the
information” received.
“The Holy See will then evaluate the report and take the appropriate
decisions about future instructions and communications,” the statement
said.
After learning of the double life led by the founder of the Legion of Christ, Father Marcial Maciel, the Pope appointed five bishops to carry out a worldwide apostolic visitation of the order between July 2009 and March 2010.
One of the results of that visitation was the appointment of Archbishop Blazquez to carry out a visitation of the lay branch of the order, the Regnum Christi Movement.
After the conclusion of the visitation of the Legion, Pope Benedict XVI named then-Archbishop Velasio de Paolis—later cardinal—as pontifical delegate for the order.
After learning of the double life led by the founder of the Legion of Christ, Father Marcial Maciel, the Pope appointed five bishops to carry out a worldwide apostolic visitation of the order between July 2009 and March 2010.
One of the results of that visitation was the appointment of Archbishop Blazquez to carry out a visitation of the lay branch of the order, the Regnum Christi Movement.
After the conclusion of the visitation of the Legion, Pope Benedict XVI named then-Archbishop Velasio de Paolis—later cardinal—as pontifical delegate for the order.
One of his principal tasks was the
reviewing of the Legion’s constitutions, through a commission
established in December of 2010.