04/13/2013 Pope Francis sets up a group of eight cardinals to advise him

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*04/13/2013 Pope Francis sets up a group of eight cardinals to advise him.

In a highly significant and ground-breaking move, indicating a new, more collegial style of leadership, Pope Francis has chosen a group of eight cardinals, from all continents and the Roman Curia, to act as his special advisors in governing the Catholic Church and reforming the Roman Curia. *
vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/detail/articolo/francesco-francis-francisco-24044/

The article lists those 8 cardinals. Very interesting move by the Holy Father!
 
Interesting!its worth noting that only 1 of these cardinals is from the roman cruria.they will meet together officially for the 1st time in October.
 
I really like this move!👍

A good leader knows that he needs good people behind him. He now has eight good men whose shoulders can help carry the weight of the toughest job on the planet. There is simply no way that one man can know everything about everything that is going on in all the corners of the earth. The Church is just to diverse and local customs and problems to varied, so it is good that he will have somebody with local expertise to call on should a problem pop-up in a specific locale.

Again, another humble move…🙂
 
I am not sure how this is MORE collegial. The Cardinals serve as advisors to the Pope already. Maybe it is more efficient to have 8 Cardinals than 115 giving advice and maybe they will have more focused areas of concentration.
 
Pope Francis has appointed a commission of eight cardinals to advise him on a reform of the Roman Curia.In the first clear indication that he plans major changes in the administration …

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I dunno. At first glance this looks like only the insertion of another layer of bureaucracy. And it doesn’t meet for 6 months?
 
jimcav said:
I really like this move!👍

A good leader knows that he needs good people behind him. He now has eight good men whose shoulders can help carry the weight of the toughest job on the planet. There is simply no way that one man can know everything about everything that is going on in all the corners of the earth. The Church is just to diverse and local customs and problems to varied, so it is good that he will have somebody with local expertise to call on should a problem pop-up in a specific locale.

Again, another humble move…🙂
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I tend to agree. It looks as though Pope Francis wants to keep his finger very much on the pulse of the church…but he is only one man. This group should help him to filter out the extraneous detail and get to the heart of major issues.
 
YoungTradCath said:
A commission to examine other commissions.
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Nothing in Pope Francis’ actions or background would indicate that he is a fan of appointing “a commission to examine other commissions.” I view this as a hopeful sign. Those all caught up in the Pope-Francis-is-destroying-the-papacy-and-he-doesn’t-even-wear-cufflinks crowd may feel differently.
 
Tarpeian_Rock said:
Nothing in Pope Francis’ actions or background would indicate that he is a fan of appointing “a commission to examine other commissions.” I view this as a hopeful sign. Those all caught up in the Pope-Francis-is-destroying-the-papacy-and-he-doesn’t-even-wear-cufflinks crowd may feel differently.
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I don’t think it’s that bad. It just seems to run counter to the “trim down the curia” plan that a lot of people seemed to think was coming. But maybe this is a step toward that. I guess we will see soon.
 
The_Scott said:
Yes.
Cardinal Burke actually adheres to Church teaching. Liberals do not.
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Cardinal Burke represents a view of Church teaching that is generally viewed as more traditional, but I would not say more orthodox than the views of Bishops who are not as conservative as him. Would you call these other Bishops “liberals”?
 
Please follow the forum rules. This is not a forum to root for your favorite clerics nor bash the ones you don’t like.
 
I’ve seen a lot of news articles mentioning reform, but nothing saying just what the reform involves. Could anyone help shed some light on this? Are there any reliable sources giving a basic outline of what these reforms could be?

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