‘Cor Orans’: instructions for the
Contemplative Life of Women
Contemplative nuns await the arrival of Pope Francis inside the 'Santuario del Senor de los Milagros' in Peru during his January 2018 apostolic journey.- AFP |
A document containing instructions for the Contemplative
Life of Women was presented on Tuesday in the Vatican.
By Linda Bordoni
"Cor Orans" (“A Praying Heart”) is the
title of a document that provides instructions on how to apply Pope Francis’
2016 Apostolic Constitution – “Vultum Dei Quaerere” (“Seek the Face of
God”) addressed to Catholic women religious in contemplative communities.
In it, the Pope calls for changes to be implemented in
12 diverse areas from prayer life to work habits.
“Cor Orans” was presented during a press conference
in the Holy See Press Office led by Archbishop José Rodriguez Carballo,
Secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies
of Apostolic Life, and by the undersecretary of the same Congregation, Father
Sebastiano Paciolla.
Noting that in the world today there are almost 38,000
cloistered nuns, and for this reason the contents of the new document are
interesting not only for the Church and for the nuns themselves but also for
society at large, Archbishop Rodriguez Caballo explained that the document aims
to “clarify the provisions of the law, developing and determining the
procedures for its execution”.
The document provides precise guidelines regarding all the
practical, administrative, legal and spiritual aspects pertaining to the
founding and running of Monasteries for contemplative nuns.
These include detailed specifications regarding the autonomy
of monasteries, the foundation and the erection of the monasteries themselves,
their transferal and eventual suppression, the need for ecclesial
vigilance over the monasteries, relations with the bishop of the diocese in
question, rules and regulations regarding “the separation of the nuns
from the outside world,” means of communication, the various forms of cloister
including “papal enclosure” and formation.
The official English translation of the document will be
available on the Holy See website.
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