The meeting of the cardinals, including three Argentines, will be next Monday and Tuesday at the Vatican “to reflect on the new Apostolic Constitution, Preach the Gospel”which entered into force on June 5, Jorge Bergoglio announced in May.
The pontiff wants to explain to the cardinals the scope of the new Magna Carta that reorganizes the Roman Curia, which replaces the current one Shepherd Bonusof 1988, after a draft that took more than seven years of work by the Pope and his advisory council.
Vatican sources told Télam that, during the two days of work, the Pope Francisco he will give a short introductory speech and then the cardinals will divide into groups to discuss the different aspects of the Magna Carta.
The Apostolic Constitution, with which the Pope redesigned the organization chart of the Curia and formalized the new organisms that he created during his pontificate, also incorporated all the normative advances ordered by the pontiff on issues such as the fight against abuses in the Church and the new structures for evangelization and human development.
Among the general reorganizations that marked with the new Apostolic Constitution, the Pope emphasized the need to reduce the number of Dicasteries, as the “Ministries” of the Curia are known. “It was necessary to reduce the number of dicasteries, uniting those whose purpose was very similar or complementary, and rationalize their functions in order to avoid the overlapping of competencies and make the work more efficient”, according to article 11 of the Magna Carta.
Next Monday and Tuesday will be the second world meeting of cardinals convened by the Pope, who in February 2014 already brought together cardinals from all over the world in the Vatican to discuss the family, on the occasion of the Synod on the theme of that year and 2015.
The Argentine Cardinals Mario Poli, Hector Villalba and Leonardo Sandri They have already confirmed their attendance at the meeting, the Vatican sources said. Two days before the meeting, the Pope will create 20 new cardinals.
The 20 new prelates, including 16 under 80 years of age and therefore with the right to vote in a possible conclave, as the meeting of cardinals for the election of a new pontiff is known, will take office with the Ordinary Public Consistory that Francis will headline Saturday in Rome at St. Peter’s Basilica. While, This Saturday will be the eighth Consistory called by the Pope since his enthronement in March 2013.
The 85-year-old pontiff will receive the cardinals amid pain in his right knee that in recent months forced him to suspend activities and use a wheelchair or cane to get around.
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Of the new cardinals, and in a ratification of the priority of the Pope for the “peripheries”; only two are in charge of dioceses in Europe, while there are five who work on the borders of Asia, including the Italian Giorgio Marengoapostolic prefect in Mongolia, who will become the youngest of the College at 48 years old.
Among the future cardinals, there are also two bishops in Africa and five in America. Francis’ new cardinal creations reinforce the weight of America and Asia within the cardinals who will be called to participate in an eventual conclave: while in 2013, when Jorge Bergoglio was elected, Asia and America accounted for 44 of the 115 voters, as of August 27 the two continents will have 58 of the 132 with the right to vote.
At the same time, Europe will go from having 60 of 115 cardinals in 2013 to 54 of the 132 who could vote as of August 27 if a conclave is convened to elect the 267 Pope of the Church.
Between the consistory on Saturday and the extraordinary meeting on Monday and Tuesday, the Pope will visit the Italian city of L’Aquila on Sunday, known for the earthquake that struck it in 2009 with almost 300 victims. In addition, in the basilica of the city in central Italy there is the tomb of Celestine V, the first Pope who resigned from him, in 1294.
Source: Ambito
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