Pope Francis tasks cardinals with studying reform of Catholic Church
My reaction: Meh, we'll see. I think it will take a lot more than some Cardinals to reform the Church but it is a start.
" Rome (CNN) -- Pope Francis has appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to look into ways of reforming the Catholic Church, the Vatican said Saturday.
The group, which includes
U.S. Cardinal Sean O'Malley from Boston, will examine ways to revise
the Vatican constitution, Pastor Bonus, which sets the rules for running
the Roman Curia, or church hierarchy.
The cardinals -- who come
from North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe -- will
first meet in October, the Vatican said.
The move follows on from
suggestions made during the General Congregations, a series of meetings
that brought together all the cardinals last month before they elected
Francis as pope, the Vatican said.
The other seven cardinals
are: Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Vatican City State
governorate; Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa from Chile; Oswald Gracias
from India; Reinhard Marx from Germany; Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya from
the Democratic Republic of the Congo; George Pell from Australia; and
Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga from Honduras.
An Italian bishop, Monsignor Marcello Semeraro, will act as secretary for the group."
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