This Was Quick: Opus Dei Submitted New Statutes
On 11 June, the moderator of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, submitted the new Statutes of the Prelature to the Holy See.
Pope Francis demanded changes to the statutes in the Motu Proprio Ad Charisma Tuendum (2022), in order to alter the structure of Opus Dei, changing it from a quasi-diocese with its own bishop to a religious community for priests.
Two previous drafts had been submitted, but each was rejected. The content of the new proposal has not been made public.
During one of his first official audiences, Pope Leo XIV received Monsignor Ocáriz. Just one month later, new statutes were submitted. Clearly, Leo XIV asked to fulfil what had been left pending during Francis's pontificate.
In his statement on 11 June, Monsignor Ocáriz wrote: “I would like to inform you about the work of adapting the Statutes. It had been foreseen to complete its study at the General Congress, but, as you know, since it coincided with the vacancy of the …More