I - Socio Psychological Changes

In regard to the first category of Changes, we find those that have taken place in the world in which we live. Contradictory Phenomena, both positive and negative, continually intersect with one another on the world level and exercise a certain influence on the Consecrated Life. While I cannot go into all of them with any great depth, it would perhaps be of some assistance to you to more or less list them and bring them to your attention so that the changes in the relationships in Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life can be more easily grasped and understood.