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===Second Order===
====Poor Clares====
The '''[[Poor Clares]]''', officially the '''Order of Saint Clare''', are members of a [[enclosed religious orders|contemplative order]] of [[nun]]s in the [[Catholic Church]]. The Poor Clares were the second [[Franciscan]] order to be established. Founded by [[Clare of Assisi]] and [[Francis of Assisi]] on [[Palm Sunday]] in 1212, they were organized after the [[Order of Friars Minor]] (the first order), and before the Third Order of Saint Francis. In 2011, there were over 20,000 Poor Clare nuns in over 75 countries throughout the world. They follow several different observances and are organized into federations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poorclare.org/|title=Poor Clare Sisters|access-date=9 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223105818/http://poorclare.org/|archive-date=23 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Poor Clares follow the ''[[Rule of St. Clare]]'' which was approved by Pope [[Innocent IV]] the day before Clare's death in 1253. The main branch of the Order ('''OSC''') follows the observance of Pope Urban. Other branches established since that time, who operate under their own unique [[constitutions]], are the [[Colettine Poor Clares]] ('''PCC''' – founded 1410), the [[Capuchin Poor Clares]] ('''OSC Cap.''' – founded 1538), and the [[Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration]] ('''PCPA''' – founded 1854).