Rome. Pope Benedict XVI will renounce his pontificate on February 28th “for reasons of strength and advancing age”. It is the first renunciation of a Pope in six centuries. The announcement was made personally during a consistory in the morning of February 11th.
Benedict XVI is 85 years of age and eight as the Sucessor of Peter, since he was elected at the conclave of April 2005.
The Claretian Missionaries, steadfast helpers of the Shepherds in the ministry of the Word (CMF Constitutions, 6) and heirs of the spirit of St. Anthony Mary Claret, renew our ecclesial communion expressed in fidelity to the Roman Pontiff (CMF Directory, 263).
Rome, Italy. The XXVI General Chapter offered the Congregation a unifying dream and a clear direction for our ongoing transformation. We envisioned “a Congregation of missionaries who share their lives, diversity, and resources in communities shaped by the mission…...
The Governments of Major Organisms in Asia shared a message with the Congregation following the ASCLA–General Government Encounter held from December 3–12, 2025, at the St. Paul Center for Renewal in Cavite, Philippines, highlighting a renewed experience of...
Cavite, Philippines. The gathering of the ASCLA Organisms with the General Government in the Philippines concluded on December 11 with a Thanksgiving Eucharist presided over by Rev. Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, CMF, Superior General. The final days of the meeting became a...
