In recent years, in preparation for future leadership and extending lay collaboration to a new level, religious institutes have instigated the establishment of public juridic persons (PJPs) as a new model of sponsorship for their ministries, to ensure their continuation as works of the Catholic Church, writes Gabrielle McMullen. To distinguish these new entities which relate to Church ministries from traditional PJPs, which have a more organisational focus like a parish, diocese or religious institute, they are often given the tag 'new and emerging' public juridic persons.
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