Pope taps eight cardinals to lead reform

[TexasProgresive]

Pope taps eight cardinals to lead reform

snip:
In a signal that major reform may be on the horizon, the Vatican announced today that Pope Francis has formed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to “advise him on the government of the universal church” and “to study a project of revision” of a document from John Paul II on the Roman Curia.

Snip:
Strikingly, there was only one member of the Roman Curia among the eight cardinals tapped to assist the pope. The rest come from various parts of the world, with at least one representing each continent.

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello of Italy, President of the Government of the Vatican City State;
Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa of Chile, the retired archbishop of Santiago;
Cardinal Oswald Gracias of India, archbishop of Bombay (Mumbai);
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the archbishop of Kinshasa
O’Malley;
Marx;
Cardinal George Pell of Australia, the archbishop of Sydney;
Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga of Honduras, the archbishop of Tegucigalpa.

Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano in Italy also has been named the group’s secretary.

http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/pope-taps-eight-cardinals-lead-reform

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1. I'm unfamiliar with that document. It appears to be squarely focused on the governance of the Church

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastor_Bonus

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_19880628_pastor-bonus-index_en.html

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2. Europe and North America full names were snipped out of the snips:

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston and
Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich, Germany
(have played key roles in the church's response to the child sexual abuse crisis)

Bishop Marcello Semeraro of Albano in Italy also has been named the group’s secretary.

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3. Thank you for noting that.

I intended to note who they were but forgot. Both were mentioned in the article by full name and their dioceses.

It appears that every continent is represented including Australia (I hear some call Australia a continent, not when I was in school- must be the "new" geography-smirk)

Misread my own post not seeing Australia- so edited to change except to include.

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4. Cardinal Pell is from Australia.

Looks like he covered all the bases.

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5. Thanks again rug

I edited my remark to add Australia.