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SECOND DAY OF THE C8 MEETING: REPORT OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE IOR
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SECOND
DAY OF THE C8 MEETING: REPORT OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE IOR
Vatican
City, 18 February 2014 (VIS) – This morning a press conference was
held during which Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy
See Press Office, gave a briefing on the second meeting of the Holy
Father and the Council of Cardinals (C8). The meeting was also
attended by Archbishop Pietro Parolin, secretary of State, who will
participate at all times, although he will be absent from this
afternoon's session due to an official appointment at the Italian
embassy to the Holy See.
Fr.
Lombardi communicated that yesterday afternoon the Council reflected
on the results of the Commission for Reference on the the
Organisation of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See
(COSEA), presented during the preceding morning session. The
president of the Commission, Joseph F.X. Zahra, was the only member
of the Commission present. Msgr. Alfred Xuereb also attended today's
meeting in his role as the papal delegate to the Pontifical
Commission for Reference on the Institute of Works of Religion.
The
day's events began, as usual, at 7 a.m. with the celebration of Holy
Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel; the meeting started at 9.30
a.m. in the same room where yesterday's gathering was held. The
morning was spent hearing the representatives of the Pontifical
Commission for Reference on the Institute for Works of Religion
(IOR), instituted by chirograph on 24 June 2013. This Commission was
the result of the Holy Father's wish to acquire a better knowledge of
the legal position and the activities of the Institute to enable
greater harmonisation of the latter with the mission of the Universal
Church and the Apostolic See, within the broader context of reforms
involving some of the Institutions which offer support to the
Apostolic See. Its task is to gather information on the functioning
of the Institute and to report the results to the Pontiff.
The
session was attended by Cardinal Raffaele Farina, president; Cardinal
Jean-Louis Tauran, member; Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de
Chinchetru, coordinator; and Msgr. Peter Bryan Wells, secretary.
Professor Mary Ann Glendon was not present as she does not reside in
Rome.
The
Commission presented the work carried out during these months, which
was received with great interest by the cardinals, and provided
information on the current situation of the Institute and the
problems that it must face. Suggestions were offered for future
changes, although no decisions were made following the hearing. One
of the key points was the mission of the IOR in relation to the
action of the Church in the world and not only from the perspective
of economic performance.
Fr.
Lombardi commented that it is important to bear in mind, considering
the work of the two Commissions, that their aims are different but
that they both fit into the contextual reality of the Holy See; for
this reason the Holy Father wishes to obtain an overall view with
regard to the reorganisation of its governance and structures.
The
meeting will continue this afternoon, and tomorrow the C8 Council of
Cardinals will with the Council of Fifteen. Due to the large number
of attendees, the Wednesday meeting will not be held in the room in
the Domus Sanctae Marthae, but is instead likely to be held in the
Apostolic Palace.
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