Vatican City, 16 September 2015 (VIS) –
The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi,
S.J., held a briefing this morning on the results of the eleventh
meeting of the Council of Cardinals with the Holy Father, which began
on Monday 14 November.
“The proposal for a new Congregation,
provisionally entitled “Laity, Family and Life”, was again taken
into consideration”, said Fr. Lombardi. “In this regard Cardinal
Dionigi Tettamanzi, designated by the Holy Father in recent months to
prepare a study on the feasibility of the project, was heard. At the
end of their reflections the Council presented to the Pope a proposal
orientated towards the implementation of the project.
Consideration of the proposal for a new
Congregation dedicated to “Charity, Justice and Peace” was
resumed and further reflections were made without yet reaching,
however, a conclusive proposal by the Council.
The Cardinals went on to reflect on the
procedures for the appointment of new bishops, or more specifically
on the qualities and requisites for candidates in view of the needs
of today’s world, and on the related issue of information
gathering. Naturally the theme will need to be explored further and
developed in collaboration with the competent Dicasteries concerned.
The Prefect of the new Secretariat for
Communication reported to the Council on the first steps taken so far
and in particular on the appointment of a group to draw up the
Statutes for the new Dicastery. The working group has been
constituted and has already commenced activity. It is made up of
representatives of the institutes variously involved. The Statutes,
while taking into account the progressive phase of consolidating the
different entities that will form the Secretariat, defines the
structure of the Dicastery as “definitive”. Particular attention
will be given to evaluating legal and administrative aspects of the
communication activities of the Holy See. The regulations will
subsequently be drafted and issued.
The Cardinals expressed their unanimous
appreciation and stressed that, despite the progressive nature of the
work, precise guidance must be given to the institutions involved so
that, as the Motu Proprio requires, the reform can make decisive
progress towards integration and unitary management.
The theme proposed during the last
session of the Council regarding issues linked to the abuse of minors
was again taken into consideration. The matter of how to implement
proposals was explored in further depth, especially with regard to
the possibility of accelerating the resolution of the many cases
still pending.
A draft Preamble of the new
Constitution was also re-evaluated.
Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodríguez
Maradiaga was absent for health reasons.
The next session of the Council is
scheduled to be held from 10 to 12 December”.
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