After two terms in office, Maximilian Heim will step down as abbot on 14 September. The Dicastery for Consecrated Life has blocked the elective chapter and ordered the appointment of an administrator for three years. In the background lies the growing influence of Abbot General Mauro Giuseppe Lepori and an Austrian Congregation unable to defend the autonomy of its own communities.
Heiligenkreuz: Heim steps down as Rome bars monks from electing new abbot
After two terms in office, Maximilian Heim will step down as abbot on 14 September. The Dicastery for Consecrated Life has blocked the elective chapter and ordered the appointment of an administrator for three years. In the background lies the growing influence of Abbot General Mauro Giuseppe Lepori and an Austrian Congregation unable to defend the autonomy of its own communities.
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