Posted on 09/12/2018 6:20:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
All the presidents of the world's bishops conferences will meet in February 2019
Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops’ conferences of the world to meet at the Vatican in February to discuss the issue of sexual abuse of minors.
A statement from the pope’s cardinal advisory board Sept. 12 said, “The Holy Father Francis, hearing the Council of Cardinals, decided to convene a meeting with the Presidents of the Bishops Conferences of the Catholic Church on the theme of ‘protection of minors.’”
The summit will take place at the Vatican Feb. 21-24, 2019.
According to the website GCatholic, there are 114 Conferences of Bishops and 21 eastern-rite Patriarchal Synods, Councils of Churches, and Assemblies of Ordinaries.
The announcement followed a three-day session of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals, commonly called the “C9,” which he created in 2013 to advise him regarding the governance and reform of the Roman Curia.
A major task of the nine cardinals has been revising the 1988 apostolic constitution, Pastor bonus, which regulates the government of the Roman Curia.
In their latest session Sept. 10-12, the Council made final adjustments to the draft of the new constitution, tentatively titled Praedicate evangelium, before turning it over to Pope Francis. It will still undergo a stylistic revision and review of the canonical elements before being published, the Vatican said.
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“What a damned joke. That reminds me of the Gambino family meetings.”
Reminds me of Congress and the Never Ending Study; set a far off date for study of an existing problem already studied and allegedly resolved.
The classic political dodge by a very political pope. “We’ll just appoint a commission (or congressional panel) to aggressively study this matter and get to the bottom of it. In the meantime, hopefully, everyone will forget all about it, the dust will settle, and we will never have to deal with the issue again.”
So, hitting on the 18- to 26-year-old seminarians? Still ok?
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