Capuchins must have clerical leadership. (News in Brief).
Vatican--In early June, members of the Detroit-based St. Joseph Province of the Capuchins Capuchins (kăp`y chĭnz) [Ital.,=hooded ones], Roman Catholic religious order of friars, one of the independent orders of Franciscans, officially the Friars Minor Capuchin [Lat. abbr. selected Brother Robert Brother Robert was a cleric working in Norway who adapted several French literary works into Old Norse during the reign of Norwegian king Haakon IV of Norway (1217 – 1263). Smith as their leader for the next three years. His election was confirmed by the Capuchins' Rome-based General Minister, Rev. John Corriveau (a Canadian), but was rejected by the Vatican. Father Daniel Anholzer was chosen as provincial in his stead. The Capuchin capuchin (kăp`ychĭn), name for New World monkeys of the genus Cebus, widely distributed in tropical forests of Central and South America. constitution allows any friar friar [Lat. frater=brother], member of certain Roman Catholic religious orders, notably, the Dominicans, Franciscans, Carmelites, and Augustinians. Although a general form of address in the New Testament, since the 13th cent. to be elected, but the Vatican will not allow a lay brother to hold a position placing him in authority over priests (P.M., July 31/02).
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