Press Office: C-9 meeting focuses on mission,
synodality
(Vatican Radio) The Council of 9 Cardinals met this week in
the Vatican, from Monday, December 12th, to Wednesday, December 14th.
The Director of the Press Office of the Holy See, Greg Burke, held a briefing
on Wednesday to inform journalists of the work done during the sessions.
Two key issues emerged as guidelines for the reform of the
Curial dicasteries: missionary thrust and synodality.
The Cardinals have concluded their study of other departments
(Doctrine of the Faith, Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the
Causes of Saints and Promotion of Christian Unity) and delivered their final
proposal to the Holy Father.
Considerable time was devoted to the projects of the two new
dicasteries.
Cardinal Kevin Farrell spoke of the Congregation for Laity,
Family and Life, of which he is Prefect. The discussion focused on the role of
the laity, with an invitation to all to re-read the letter of Pope Francis to
Card. Marc Ouellet, President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America.
Cardinal Peter Turkson presented the work plan for the
Dicastery for the Service of Integral Human Development, which combines four
offices: Justice and Peace, Cor Unum, Health Care, and Migrants and
Itinerant People. Card. Turkson was accompanied by Archbishop Silvano Maria
Tomasi, who explained the new department as an implementation of the conciliar
Constitution Gaudium et Spes.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley presented the most recent activities
of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, while Cardinal
George Pell reported on the latest developments related to the Secretariat for
the Economy.
The afternoon of Wednesday, December 14th, was to
be devoted to a presentation by Msgr. Dario Edoardo Viganò, Prefect of the
Secretariat for Communication, detailing the steps taken and those coming for
the reform of the Holy See’s communications apparatus, with particular
attention to personnel training.
The next Council meeting is scheduled for February 13th –
15th, 2017.
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