Special Envoy in Rome
The Catholic Church just experienced a kind of after-school seminar like never before. For two days, Monday and Tuesday, the Pope gathered around him 200 of his highest officials, the cardinals. A minority of them are members of the Roman Curia, but the majority came from all over the planet. About twenty prelates have just been appointed, like French Cardinal Jean-Marc Avellin, who was elevated to this dignity during last Saturday’s consistory.
The last comparable match dates back to 2014. This was difficult because several cardinals had blocked the plan to receive communion for divorced divorcees, which was then presented for their opinion. Since then, Francis, despite being a zealous promoter of synodal dialogue, had never renewed the attempt to bring together this senate of the Church, which should advise him on the behavior of the institution. For this 2022 session, he had also adopted a new method…
Source: Le Figaro
