{"id":16031,"date":"2024-11-15T08:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T14:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.legionariosdecristo.org\/?page_id=16031"},"modified":"2025-03-28T10:40:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T10:40:55","slug":"regnum-christi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/our_history\/regnum-christi\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginnings of the Regnum Christi Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><nav class=\"g-breadcrumbs separator_icon align_none hide_current\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\" itemscope itemprop=\"itemListElement\" 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class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/73.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/73.bmp 736w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/73-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Mexico City, 1960s: Father Carlos Mora, LC, carrying out his apostolate with some young students.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/74.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/74.bmp 780w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/74-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Madrid, 1968: Father Alfredo Torres, LC, with the first Spanish members of Regnum Christi.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"758\" height=\"531\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/75.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/75.bmp 758w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/75-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Madrid, 1968: First members of Regnum Christi during a film forum.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h5 class=\"w-text us_custom_1f257949 icon_atleft\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><i class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i><span class=\"w-text-value\">1950s and 1960s<\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_1f257949\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Organization of lay people who collaborate in the establishment of the Kingdom of Christ.<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:40px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Today, <em>Regnum Christi<\/em> is an ecclesial movement of apostolate. A long historical journey, beginning in the 1940s, has led to this result. In the Nihil obstat granted to the Legion in 1948 by the Congregation for Religious, there was reference to a form of collaboration with the Catholic laity by the nascent Institute: one of the stated purposes was to assist Catholic Action.<\/p>\n<p>The text of the 1948 Constitutions was even more explicit: <em>&#8220;The specific purpose of the institute is the creation of special organizations of lay people who collaborate unconditionally in the establishment of the Kingdom of Christ according to the demands of Christian justice and truth.&#8221;<\/em> It also stated that the task of these organizations was to work so that &#8220;not only men profess a complete Christianity, but that society itself is governed and behaves in a Christian manner.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the 1950s, the Legionaries of Christ thought of this project as a &#8220;second Legion,&#8221; but it was too early to put that idea into practice. The final part of a promotional video from 1952 prepared by the community at the College in Rome declared that the seminarians living there were preparing to carry out their concrete apostolate among the laity once they had become priests. In fact, this is what happened. By the early 1960s, the Legion of Christ had already opened some schools, which allowed them to intensify work with laypeople.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, in March 1963, the Inter-American Cultural Center was inaugurated in Mexico City, and simultaneously, some student groups with various names were born: Milites Christi, Crusaders of Christ the King, Perficit Groups, in which the content of the evangelical message was discussed and assimilated. However, these groups did not continue and were dissolved. Still, in 1963, the definitive name for the new lay organization was chosen. Likely using an expression from the original text of the Legion&#8217;s Constitutions, written in Latin, it would be called <em>Regnum Christi<\/em>. In the following years, the Congregation persevered in the effort and began to develop a more organized action among the laity.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the Second Vatican Council itself had reminded all Christians of their vocation to holiness and apostolate. In the <em>Decree Apostolicam Actuositatem<\/em> of November 18, 1965, it was written:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Our times do not require less zeal from the laity, but, on the contrary, the current circumstances demand a much more intense and broader apostolate. Because the number of men, which increases daily, the progress of science and technology, and the closer relationships between men, not only have extended to infinity the vast fields of the laity&#8217;s apostolate, partially open only to them, but also have raised new problems that require their diligent care and attention.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It also illustrated the nature, character, and variety of the apostolate of the laity, outlining &#8220;the fundamental principles&#8221; and providing &#8220;pastoral instructions for their greater effectiveness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_f2388103 has_text_color height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/76.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/76.bmp 710w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/76-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"676\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/77.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/77.bmp 568w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/77-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Mexico City, Inter-American Cultural Center, 1969: Moment of the first incorporation into the Regnum Christi Movement in Mexico.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3><strong>First Incorporations in 1968<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The definitive attempt came when, in 1965, a small Legionary community settled in Madrid. Three years of continuous work among the youth of the Spanish capital led to the first incorporation into Regnum Christi. This incorporation took place at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar in Zaragoza on January 3, 1968. A simple account of the event can be found in the May 1969 issue of <em>Forja<\/em> magazine. In it, the young people from Madrid shared their experience:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As you know, Zaragoza is the center of all Marian pilgrimage in Spain; and there, a few of us went to present before Her our desires to remain faithful to the cause of Her Son. Our presentation to the Virgin was made by Father Alfredo in a very emotional act for us, after a Mass celebrated at the altar of the Pillar, as the people of Zaragoza affectionately call their Virgin. The journey there, and especially the return trip to Madrid after having fulfilled our purpose, was filled with great joy. This guest of honor is always present at our common events!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the first written testimony by the members of the Regnum Christi Movement. A few months after the first incorporation, this group of young people went to Rome and, among other activities, participated in an ecclesiology seminar titled &#8220;Know the Church.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was the first formation course of Regnum Christi. In the aforementioned <em>Forja<\/em> magazine, these young people wrote that their ideal was:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To live and make others live an integral Christianity: (&#8230;) What do we, the university youth of the Madrid Front, do? Nothing more, nothing less than that: to live as Christians and to Christianize our environment, with the testimony of a life constantly illuminated and encouraged by God&#8217;s grace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After the incorporation of the Spanish youth, the first incorporations of some young Mexicans took place in 1969. Finally, the lay part of Regnum Christi existed concretely, and from being just a project, it had become a reality.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_dc3ff307 has_text_color height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h5 class=\"w-text us_custom_f03ee871 icon_atleft\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><i class=\"far fa-calendar\"><\/i><span class=\"w-text-value\">1968 &#8211; 2004<\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_f03ee871\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Regnum Christi from 1968 to 2004<\/span><\/span><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:40px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_432d3f53\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h4>Late 1969 \u2013 The First Institutional Text<\/h4>\n<p>At the end of 1969, the first institutional text was released, primarily the result of intense formation courses conducted by Legionary religious in Mexico. This initial version of the <em>Manual of Regnum Christi<\/em> indicated that the nature of the new ecclesial entity was precisely that of a Movement and contained its basic principles.<\/p>\n<p>The functional structure was based on cells, teams, groups, and networks; the internal structure, on the other hand, was made up of sympathizers and members of the first, second, and third degrees. In December 1971, a new version of the Manual was released, which expanded and systematized the 1969 version. It detailed the definition, structure, spirit, and fundamental lines of Regnum Christi. It also identified the main apostolic actions that the movement would undertake. In particular, the principles of personal, one-on-one action and teamwork, conceived as a true &#8220;small church,&#8221; were outlined.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, all the activities aimed at the formation of members were described. These activities included study circles, Encounters with Christ, renewal days, and retreats. Meanwhile, in 1971, the Legionaries of Christ community in Rome held an important seminar that produced the <em>Vocabulario del Regnum Christi<\/em>. This text deepened the disciplinary, doctrinal, and methodological aspects of the movement. Internally, the organization was entrusted to private statutes, the first draft of which was created in 1979.<\/p>\n<h4>The 1980s<\/h4>\n<p>The Statutes regulated the conditions of admission and the exercise of authority: at the head of Regnum Christi was a general director, a term that from 1980 onwards was also used by the Legionaries to refer to their superior general. The path was set, and Regnum Christi could now grow. The international character of the movement quickly took shape, and by 1976, active sections were established in Ireland, Spain, Italy, the United States, and Mexico. According to the chapter fathers of the Legion of Christ, by 1980, Regnum Christi was presented as &#8220;an organic, dynamic, compact, and well-structured body that, with its methodology both flexible and well-defined, and with its solid pedagogy, is called to grow, multiply, and develop, like the evangelical seed, across the vast field of the world and society into a new humanity redeemed by Christ and shaped according to the message of the Gospel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to growing (by 1985, there were 11,122 members, including youth, adults, and children from ECyD), Regnum Christi had consolidated over the years.<\/p>\n<p>On March 30, 1985, it collaborated for the first time with the Pontifical Council for the Laity, organizing a penitential vigil in Spanish at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. This vigil was presided over by Cardinal Eduardo Pironio and was held in preparation for the First World Youth Day with Pope John Paul II. During the following General Audience on April 3, the Pope responded to the enthusiasm of the movement&#8217;s members present. It was the second time the Pope had directly greeted Regnum Christi, as on January 2 of that same year, he had publicly greeted a group of consecrated women. During his pontificate, Pope John Paul II frequently addressed the Legionaries and members of the movement with the expression: &#8220;It is seen, it is felt, Regnum Christi is present.&#8221; In the following years, Regnum Christi consistently participated with its own representative at the Youth Forum held during World Youth Day. The maturation of the movement also led to an update of its institutional texts: in 1988, a new version of the private Statutes was published, and in 1990, the <em>Manual<\/em> was updated.<\/p>\n<h4>The 1990s<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The hour of Regnum Christi has come&#8221; \u2013 with this decisive phrase, the communiqu\u00e9 of the 1992 General Chapter introduced its reflections on the movement.<\/p>\n<p>In 1998, Pope John Paul II emphasized the importance of new movements born within the Church during the 20th century at the World Congress themed &#8220;Ecclesial Movements: Communion and Mission at the Threshold of the Third Millennium.&#8221; In the message to participants, the Holy Father wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What is understood today by &#8216;movement&#8217;? The term often refers to realities that differ from one another, sometimes even in their canonical configuration. If, on the one hand, this cannot certainly exhaust or fix the richness of the forms brought about by the life-giving creativity of the Spirit of Christ, on the other hand, it refers to a concrete ecclesial reality in which laypeople participate primarily, a journey of faith and Christian witness that bases its pedagogical method on a precise charism.&#8221; He added: &#8220;Movements can thus make a valuable contribution to the vital dynamics of the one Church, founded on Peter, in diverse local situations, especially in regions where the implantation of the Church is still in its early stages or faces many difficulties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>Approval of the Statutes in 2004<\/h4>\n<p>An important further step for Regnum Christi was the approval of its statutes in 2004, an act directly carried out by Pope John Paul II, made public through a decree signed by Cardinal Franc Rod\u00e9, CM, then prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. This document affirmed that &#8220;the work carried out by the Legionaries of Christ and the members of the Regnum Christi apostolic movement in building the civilization of Christian justice and love is well-known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/78.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/78.bmp 737w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/78-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Madrid, 1970s: members of Regnum Christi in a meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/79.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/79.bmp 724w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/79-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Spain, Reajo del Roble, 1974: a moment from a Regnum Christi Cursillo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"719\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/80.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/80.bmp 719w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/80-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Mexico, 1981: Fr. Jes\u00fas Bl\u00e1zquez, LC, with the members of the first Regnum Christi team in Aguascalientes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/81.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/81.bmp 725w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/81-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Brazil, 1986: a group of young members of Regnum Christi accompanied by Fr. Eduardo Robles-Gil, LC.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-image us_custom_a84061bf align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/82.bmp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/82.bmp 712w, https:\/\/subdir.legionariosdecristo.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/82-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-hwrapper valign_top align_none\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_top style_default color_custom align_center no_text no_title\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;--icon-color:var(--color-header-top-text);\"><i class=\"fas fa-info\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_7bc28c80\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: left\">Vatican, St. Peter&#8217;s Square, May 30, 1998: some young members of Regnum Christi greeting Saint John Paul II.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:50px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_e1ac95b1 has_text_color height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_50 thick_1 style_dashed color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_85b422cb has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">This section has been taken from the publication \u00abHistoria Institucional de la Congregaci\u00f3n de los Legionarios de Cristo y del Movimiento Regnum Christi\u00bb (2015), prepared by the General Historical Archive of the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi and published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Congregation. <em>Published in Spanish and Italian.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-vwrapper align_none valign_top\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column us_custom_e8cc2b5b has_text_color\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p style=\"text-align: center\">Texts: Salvatore Luciano Bonventre | Translations: Fr. Gonzalo Franco, LC | Selection of photographs: Salvatore Luciano Bonventre and Luigi Baldassarri | Coordination: Fr. Jaime Rodr\u00edguez, LC and Fr. Rodrigo Ram\u00edrez, LC<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_50 thick_1 style_dashed color_border align_center\" style=\"height:30px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_2c45f91b\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-actionbox us_custom_0259209c has_text_color color_light controls_bottom\"><div class=\"w-actionbox-text\"><h3 class=\"w-actionbox-title\">Learn more about Regnum Christi<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"w-actionbox-controls\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1\" href=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/en\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Official website<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HomePagesBeginnings of the Regnum Christi MovementMexico City, 1960s: Father Carlos Mora, LC, carrying out his apostolate with some young students. 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