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Vita consecrata is an apostolic exhortation written by Pope John Paul II, published on 25 March 1996. The exhortation is a post-synodal document. The exhortation is a post-synodal document. Its sub-title is "On the consecrated life and its mission in the Church and in the world".
Pope John Paul II's post-synodal apostolic exhortation Vita consecrata of 25 March 1996 said: "Again being practised today is the consecration of widows, known since apostolic times (cf. 1 Tim 5:5, 9–10; 1 Cor 7:8) as well as the consecration of widowers. These women and men, through a vow of perpetual chastity as a sign of the Kingdom of God ...
Vita consecrata → Ecclesia in Africa (English: The Church in Africa ) is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation written by Pope John Paul II , published on 14 September 1995. It follows the 1994 Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops which was held in Rome.
The Coronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci, c. 1470. In the Catholic Church, a consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a bride of Christ.
In 1996 Pope John Paul II wrote Apostolic Exhortation Vita consecrata, calling for a renewal of religious life. [2] Inspired by his words, Mother Mary Assumpta Long, former superior of the Nashville-based Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, [3] and three other Sisters of the community, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz, Sr. Mary Samuel Handwerker and Sr. John Dominic Rasmussen, set off to "undertake ...
Pope John Paul II in his post-apostolic Exhortation Vita consecrata (1996) says concerning the religious habit of consecrated persons: §25 [...] The Church must always seek to make her presence visible in everyday life, especially in contemporary culture, which is often very secularized and yet sensitive to the language of signs.
Pope John XXIII (25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) and Pope John Paul II (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) reigned as popes of the Roman Catholic Church and the sovereigns of Vatican City (respectively from 1958 to 1963 and 1978 to 2005).
Ecclesia in Europa (English: The Church in Europe) is a post-synodal apostolic exhortation written by Pope John Paul II, published on 28 June 2003.The exhortation follows up on the Special Assembly for Europe of the Synod of Bishops, which met during 1–23 October 1999.