Vatican suppresses Sodalitium Christianae Vitae after official investigation
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Institutional event
Evidence status
Official finding
Authority role
Catholic lay society leadership
Organization
Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
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The cited record identifies institutional authority, spiritual obedience, and organizational control as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is Catholic lay society leadership.
- Institutional obedience or isolation
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Proceedings
2025-04-14 · suppression decree announced
Holy See. Suppression of the society confirmed by the Vatican press office.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- institutional authority
- spiritual obedience
- organizational control
Cited record
Sources
- official finding institutional action Holy See Press Office, information note on the suppression of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (Apr. 15, 2025).
The Vatican press office confirms that Pope Francis approved suppression after a Vatican investigation and that the decree was communicated to the organization.
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- https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/info/2025/04/15/250415a.html Corpus classification: official-finding; evidentiary role: institutional-action. SHA-256 ec3c71f676d86dae38bd0d0199f940023f109aa4551d987e9a6089436648f6d0
- Retrieval
- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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