Miles Christi (Religious Order)
Miles Christi (English: Soldier of Christ, postnominal abbreviation "MC") is a Clerical Religious Order in the Catholic Church founded in the Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina by Roberto Juan Yannuzzi. Miles Christi focus on the Spirituality of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and retreats, conferences, catechism and spiritual direction. Foundation. In 1994, Argentinian Priest Roberto Juan Yannuzzi founded Miles Christi. The order was formally established as a Public Clerical Association of the Faithful in the Archdiocese of La Plata, Argentina on the 20th of December 1994. On the 11th of February 1999, Miles Christi was elevated to  the status of Clerical Religious Order. In 2000, Miles Christi arrived in South Lyon, Michigan by invite of Cardinal Adam J. Maida. On the 21st of November 2020, the first US-born Miles Christi priest was ordained by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron at the Sweetest Heart of Mary Church in Detroit, Michigan. Controversies. In 2020, Roberto Juan Yannuzzi was dismissed from the clerical state after being "found guilty of crimes against the sixth commandment with adults, the absolution of the accomplice, and the abuse of authority.”