Council
of cardinals approves Congregation for laity, family, life
(Vatican
Radio) The head of the Vatican press office, Fr Federico Lombardi, held a
briefing for journalists on Wednesday to report on the work of Pope Francis’
council of nine cardinals which has been meeting at the Casa Santa Marta since
Monday.
The
closed door encounter of the Pope and his closest advisors focused on the
ongoing process of establishing two new Congregations to bring together the
work of several existing Pontifical Councils. In particular, the C9, as it’s
called, approved a project for the setting up of a Congregation to deal with
laity, family and life issues, presented by Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, the
former archbishop of Milan. That project is now awaiting final approval from
Pope Francis, though Fr Lombardi gave no further details regarding the scope or
mandate of this new institution.
The
cardinals also continued discussions on the formation of a second Congregation
dealing with charity, justice and peace, as well as reflecting on the existing
process of selecting and appointing new bishops in light of the challenges
facing the Church today.
The
head of the newly formed Secretariat for Communications, Msgr Dario Viganò
reported back to the cardinals on the ongoing work to integrate the nine
different institutions that make up the Vatican media machine. In particular he
has set up a working group to study the legal and administrative work involved
and to move towards the drawing up of a statute for the new Secretariat.
Finally,
the cardinals also continued discussions on the work of the Pontifical
Commission for the Protection of Minors. In particular, Fr Lombardi said the
cardinals stressed the importance of seeking to speed up the process of dealing
with outstanding cases of sexual abuse.
Just
one of the C9 group, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras, was absent
from the meeting for health reasons. Participants agreed to hold their next
encounter from December 10th to 12th.
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