VATICAN CITY
Natonal Catholic Reporter
Joshua J. McElwee | Sep. 14, 2016 NCR Today
ROME
The group of cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the Catholic church’s central bureaucracy spent time in their latest meeting discussing how Catholic bishops around the world are selected, the Vatican’s main spokesman said Wednesday.
Gregory Burke, the head of the Holy See press office, said the nine-member Council of Cardinals focused particularly on the role the Vatican’s various global ambassadors, known as apostolic nuncios, play in helping select new bishops.
“The cardinals reflected extensively on the spiritual and pastoral profile necessary for a bishop today,” Burke said in a statement following the cardinals’ meeting.
“They spoke of the diplomatic service of the Holy See and of the formation and duties of apostolic nuncios, with particular attention to their great responsibility in choosing candidates for the episcopacy,” Burke continued.
The Council, created by Francis to help him in reforming what is known as the Roman Curia, has been meeting with the pope in Rome Monday through Wednesday for the 16th of its in-person meetings.
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