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).
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...
Cavite, Philippines. The General Government of the Claretian Missionaries began a meeting with the Governments of the Asian Organisms on December 3, 2025, coinciding with the feast of St. Francis Xavier, Patron of Missionaries. Held at St. Paul Spirituality Centre in...
