Vatican asks U.S. bishops to help aid in funding study of religious orders
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WASHINGTON –– The head of the Vatican congregation that ordered a comprehensive study of U.S. institutes of women religious has asked the U.S. bishops to contribute funds to offset the projected $1.1 million cost of the study.
The request came in a letter from Cardinal Franc Rode, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. Dated July 14, the letter was made public Sept. 28 by the National Catholic Reporter, an independent Catholic newspaper based in Kansas City, Mo.
The study, known as an apostolic visitation, was authorized by Pope Benedict XVI in November 2008 and is expected to last three years.
“Because this apostolic visitation is so very important for safeguarding and promoting consecrated life in the United States, it is also imperative that it be methodically and efficiently conducted,” Cardinal Rode wrote.
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