After news leaked in recent days about the dissolution by the Vatican of a scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group, the community has both condemned the leak while pledging obedience to the Pope and to the official charged with overseeing the dissolution.
News of the dissolution of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV) was first reported by Spanish-language site InfoVaticana on 18 January 2025. The article said that during the SCV’s ongoing 6-31 January general assembly in Aparecida, Brazil, a papal decree of suppression had been read aloud by Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda, a papal delegate who had been tasked with revamping their formation process and who holds historic ties to the SCV.
