The Vatican announced this week that Pope Leo XIV will convene his second extraordinary consistory of cardinals on June 26-27, but are these meetings being organized with genuine openness, or are they structured to steer toward a predetermined…
New details have emerged regarding the extraordinary consistory of cardinals that Pope Leo XIV plans to convene in June. In a letter dated April 13 and being sent to the cardinals today, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Dean of the Sacred College,…
The Vatican has presented the gathering as a strictly consultative, closed-door meeting, focused on prayer, reflection, and “common discernment” to support the pope in his “high and demanding responsibility” in governing the universal Church.…
In his homily yesterday to the Cardinals attending the ongoing Consistory, the Holy Father said in part, “As we know, the word Consistory (Consistorium, or “assembly”) can be understood through the root of the verb consistere, meaning “to stand…
Could an ecclesiastical jurisdiction for the traditional Roman liturgy resolve the impasse created by Traditionis Custodes? One of France’s most senior traditionalist clergymen has sent members of the Sacred College a letter proposing a new path…
During a decade of service at the Vatican Secretariat of State, I was constantly perplexed by the Holy See’s unwillingness or inability to utilize already existing ecclesial structures for effective governance. As the Cardinals meet in Rome over…
Pope Leo has summoned the world’s Cardinals to a Consistory this week, a return to normal practice that was mostly sidelined for the past dozen years in favor of “synodal” gatherings. So now that the Jubilee Year has concluded, the current pope…
Pope Leo XIV is expected to summon the world’s cardinals to Rome in early January next year for an extraordinary consistory, according to a Vatican communication circulated this week. Speculation among some Curial circles suggests that the…
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