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MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF CARDINALS
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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
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MEETING
OF THE COUNCIL OF CARDINALS
Vatican
City, 2 July 2014 (VIS) – The Council of Cardinals met on the
morning of Tuesday, 1 July at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, as planned.
The Pope is participating in all the meetings; today, Wednesday
morning, he participated in the entire meeting, as the general
Audiences have been suspended. Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro
Parolin is regularly present at the meetings, and the Holy Father has
established that he will participate fully like the other members of
the Council, of whom at present there are nine.
On
Tuesday and on Wednesday morning three main themes were considered.
There was a presentation by Cardinal Bertello on matters relating to
the Governorate, and a presentation relating to the Secretariat of
State by Cardinal Parolin.
The
issue of the structure of the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR)
was discussed in depth. The meetings, held in two sessions, were also
attended by members of the Supervisory Commission of Cardinals
present in Rome, Cardinals Santos Abril y Castelló, Thomas Collins
and Jean-Louis Tauran, as well as Pietro Parolin.
With
regard to the news and questions circulating in the press in recent
days, the Director of the Holy See Press Office made the following
declaration:
“The
IOR is in a time of natural and peaceful transition. The contribution
of Ernst von Freyberg continues to be deeply appreciated and highly
valued, and further clarifications are possible, indeed likely, next
week after the meeting of the Council for the Economy on Saturday”.
The
Director then gave a concise explanation of the agenda of the next
meeting of the Council for the Economy, which will focus on the
Statutes and programme for future work, and will be informed on
developments relating to the IOR and – by the Prefecture for
Economic Affairs – on the 2013 budget and the provisional budget
for 2014.
The
Director also announced that a major press conference is expected to
be held next week on various matters, including the IOR, linked to
the sphere of competence of the Council and the Secretariat for the
Economy.
The
Council is now continuing its meetings, again taking into
consideration and systematically developing the reflections already
formulated in the first round of study and review of the different
bodies of the Roman Curia.
OTHER
PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican
City, 2 July 2014 (VIS) – Yesterday the Holy Father appointed
Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, apostolic nuncio in Haiti, as the Holy
See permanent observer to the United Nations.
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