This morning during his weekly General Audience, Pope Francis greeted the participants of the General Assembly of the World Conference of Secular Institutes, reported Vatican Radio.
According to Canon Law, a secular institute is an “institute of consecrated life in which the Christian faithful living in the world strive for the perfection of charity and work for the sanctification of the world especially from within.” [CIC 710]
During the audience, Pope Francis said he “wishes this Jubilee of Mercy is a time of grace and spiritual renewal.”
Every four years, the General Assembly of the World Conference of Secular Institutes takes place, bringing together the presidents general of the member secular institutes, as well as the presidents of national and international conferences of secular institutes.
