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The Legion of Christ (LC) is a Catholic congregation of pontifical right, made up of priests and seminarians studying for the priesthood. It is affiliated with the apostolic movement Regnum Christi, founded in 1959, which includes lay persons and diocesan priests and has branches of lay Consecrated Men and Regnum Christi Consecrated Women.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.legrc.org/regnum_db/archivosWord_db/principles_of_regnum_christi_charism_(translation_from_spanish_original).pdf )〕 The Legion was founded in Mexico in 1941, by Marcial Maciel and other young seminarians. He directed the congregation as its general director until January 2005. The Legion of Christ has founded religious communities in 22 countries. Its members include three bishops, 944 priests and 1,515 seminarians (including minor seminarians) as of the end of 2014. In the U.S. it operates six schools (and assists at several others).〔(Pope to Overhaul Legion of Christ )〕 Regnum Christi had approximately 70,000 members in 2009, and the youth branch ECyD has tens of thousands.〔(ECYD on the Regnum Christi Site )〕 Members of the lay movement, like the Legionaries, dedicate themselves to various apostolates such as education and spiritual direction in order to form "the new man in Christ." In 2006, Maciel was investigated by the Holy See and suspended from his ministry, initially over breaches of celibacy. This followed public revelations that he had sexually abused minors, which were later confirmed. Maciel died in Jacksonville, Florida, on January 30, 2008, aged 87, and was buried in his hometown of Cotija de la Paz, Michoacán, Mexico. After Maciel's death, and following more revelations, Pope Benedict XVI ordered an apostolic visitation in 2009. At the conclusion of the visitation, Cardinal Velasio De Paolis was delegated to examine the Legionaries' constitutions and conduct a visitation of its lay affiliate Regnum Christi. On October 19, 2012, De Paolis published a cover letter for a summary of the Regnum Christi's charism which he had approved as a working document.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.legrc.org/regnum_db/archivosWord_db/vdp_20121019_presentation_of_the_principles_of_regnum_christi_charism_(tranlation_form_italian_original).pdf )〕 The Legion completed a five-year renewal process that included a revision of its constitutions, which were approved during an extraordinary general chapter. On 4 November 2014, after an extensive process of the reform of the Legionaries of Christ, the Vatican approved the congregation's amended constitutions.〔http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-approves-amended-constitutions-legionaries-christ〕 ==Ethos== Members of the Legion take vows of obedience, chastity, and poverty. For several years they additionally took a private vow of charity, promising never to criticize their superiors. This private vow was abolished in 2006. Since then, Legionaries have been learning to "freely debate" how their congregation is governed.〔http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2014/02/07/legionaries-of-christ-elect-new-leaders/〕 Love for Christ is, for Legionaries, a personal experience. Through the Gospel, the cross, and the Eucharist, Legionaries come to know Christ intimately, and love him in a passionate way by embracing him as their model of holiness.〔(Spirituality - Legion of Christ )〕 Love for Mary flows from imitating Christ; the Blessed Virgin is loved as both Mother of the Church and of the individual Legionary's vocation. Legionaries consecrate their spiritual and apostolic lives to her care, and seek to take on her virtues of faith, hope, charity, obedience to God, humility, and cooperation with Christ's plan of redemption and justice.〔 Love for Souls is expressed in an ardent desire to spread Christ's kingdom in this world. Legionaries try to use every moment of their time to help the greatest number of souls know and love Christ. They want to be able to say when they get to Heaven that they never wasted one minute or one soul.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Legion of Christ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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