Abbreviation RC Headquarters Rome, Italy | Motto Thy Kingdom Come! Director Jorge Lopez | |
Formation April 13, 1975; 41 years ago (1975-04-13) Type Catholic Consecrated life | ||
The Regnum Christi Consecrated Men are a branch of the Regnum Christi movement made up of lay men who dedicate themselves full-time to apostolate. They live consecrated life in the Church within the lay state.
They were formed on April 13, 1975 by Marcial Maciel with Álvaro Corcuera (who later became the general director of the Legionaries of Christ and Regnum Christi) as one of the founding members. For a long time the government of the consecrated men was under the Legionaries of Christ. However, after an apostolic visitation, Card. Velasio de Paolis decided that they would be better served by their own internal government. On May 17, 2012 Jorge Lopez was named the new leader after consulting the members. The same decree named Matthew Reinhart the director of North America and Europe.
The consecrated men share their spirituality with the rest of Regnum Christi but live it out in their own particular way. They currently number less than 100 in the world as there has been no interest since the sexual scandals and controversies of Marcial Maciel.