959 third petition i. That the said Congregation would be able to own movable and immovable goods, confirming the ownership of land and foundations that its members currently possess, namely Góra Kalwaria, Puscza Korabiewska, and Woraszczeń and others existing at [that] time. ii. That [this Congregation] would be under the direct jurisdiction of the Most Reverend Father, the Minister General24 of the Order of Friars Minor of the Observance of St. Francis, yet preserved and remaining free in the election, authority, and government of the Superior of the same Congregation, to be freely elected by the aforementioned clerics every six years and to be confirmed by the aforementioned Minister General. iii. That it would remain under the protection of the most eminent Cardinal Protector of the said Order of the Observance of St. Francis, and that the clerics of that Congregation deemed fit may be ordained priests by any Catholic bishop in communion with the Holy Roman Church. iv. That the vows of this Congregation are not able to be released by anyone, except the Holy See, in a very serious case [and] at the request of the Superior of the same Congregation, and that those who have been released from said vows by some theologians are bound to the return to the said Congregation; otherwise, they must be dealt with as apostates. v. And that [Your Holiness] would deign to forbid from now on, under the penalty of excommunication latae sententiae, that even the Superiors of the said Congregation, during their time [of office], should release anyone from such vows. 24 Cf. above, HW, p. 925, n. 10, § 3.
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