Vatican City, Apr 26, 2017 / 14:05 pm
Pope Francis and his Council of Cardinals met this week to continue discussion on reforming the Roman Curia, focusing on the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples and the Pontifical Council Promoting the New Evangelization.
According to an April 26 communique, during their 19th session the cardinals studied texts to propose to Pope Francis regarding the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, and the three courts.
No big changes are expected out of this latest round of meetings – those changes were the new dicasteries formed last fall, Greg Burke, director of the Holy See Press Office, told journalists at a briefing Wednesday.
This time, Burke said, the cardinals and Pope focused on regulation within the departments, hoping to arrive at something like a "new Pastor bonus," the 1988 apostolic constitution of St. John Paul II that regulates the competencies and work of the Roman Curia.