Failed Novus Ordo: Spanish Monasteries Struggle to Survive
Cloistered life in Spain has lost nearly 3,700 nuns since 2013, and 162 monasteries have been closed. Many more will follow. Spain and Italy are the countries with the largest number of cloistered …More
Cloistered life in Spain has lost nearly 3,700 nuns since 2013, and 162 monasteries have been closed. Many more will follow.
Spain and Italy are the countries with the largest number of cloistered monasteries.
According to the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE), there are 703 active convents, compared to 865 in 2013.
And so far in 2024, four more have closed their doors. The latest is the Congregation of the Carmelite nuns of Lucena, which has been linked to this city in Cordoba for four centuries.
Of the total number of convents currently in operation, 666 are for women and 37 for men.
The unstoppable secularisation of the Church, together with the low birth rate and the ageing of the communities (the average age of the nuns is around 80), is disastrous.
For the first time, the average number of nuns per convent has fallen below 11.
The convent of the Carmelite nuns of Ronda is one of the monasteries struggling to survive, writes Heraldo.es (21 July). Its abbess, the Gibraltarian Sister …More
Spain and Italy are the countries with the largest number of cloistered monasteries.
According to the Spanish Bishops' Conference (CEE), there are 703 active convents, compared to 865 in 2013.
And so far in 2024, four more have closed their doors. The latest is the Congregation of the Carmelite nuns of Lucena, which has been linked to this city in Cordoba for four centuries.
Of the total number of convents currently in operation, 666 are for women and 37 for men.
The unstoppable secularisation of the Church, together with the low birth rate and the ageing of the communities (the average age of the nuns is around 80), is disastrous.
For the first time, the average number of nuns per convent has fallen below 11.
The convent of the Carmelite nuns of Ronda is one of the monasteries struggling to survive, writes Heraldo.es (21 July). Its abbess, the Gibraltarian Sister …More
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The community of Discalced Carmelites of San José monastery in Lucena in Spain’s Córdoba province is being forced to leave due to a lack of vocations, after the order’s presence of more than 400 years in the city.
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It's a Vatican II Update
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Of course.
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Het Tweede Vaticaanse Concilie heeft een catastrofe aangericht in de Rooms Katholieke kerk.