VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 123
DATE 02-07-2014

Summary:
- MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF CARDINALS
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

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 MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF CARDINALS
 Vatican City, 2 July 2014 (VIS) - The Council of Cardinals met on the morning
of Tuesday, 1 July at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, as planned. The Pope is
participating in all the meetings; today, Wednesday morning, he participated
in the entire meeting, as the general Audiences have been suspended. Cardinal
Secretary of State Pietro Parolin is regularly present at the meetings, and
the Holy Father has established that he will participate fully like the other
members of the Council, of whom at present there are nine.
 On Tuesday and on Wednesday morning three main themes were considered. There
was a presentation by Cardinal Bertello on matters relating to the
Governorate, and a presentation relating to the Secretariat of State by
Cardinal Parolin.
 The issue of the structure of the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR) was
discussed in depth. The meetings, held in two sessions, were also attended by
members of the Supervisory Commission of Cardinals present in Rome, Cardinals
Santos Abril y Castelló, Thomas Collins and Jean-Louis Tauran, as well as
Pietro Parolin.
 With regard to the news and questions circulating in the press in recent
days, the Director of the Holy See Press Office made the following declaration:
 "The IOR is in a time of natural and peaceful transition. The contribution of
Ernst von Freyberg continues to be deeply appreciated and highly valued, and
further clarifications are possible, indeed likely, next week after the
meeting of the Council for the Economy on Saturday".
 The Director then gave a concise explanation of the agenda of the next
meeting of the Council for the Economy, which will focus on the Statutes and
programme for future work, and will be informed on developments relating to
the IOR and - by the Prefecture for Economic Affairs - on the 2013 budget and
the provisional budget for 2014.
 The Director also announced that a major press conference is expected to be
held next week on various matters, including the IOR, linked to the sphere of
competence of the Council and the Secretariat for the Economy.
 The Council is now continuing its meetings, again taking into consideration
and systematically developing the reflections already formulated in the first
round of study and review of the different bodies of the Roman Curia.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 2 July 2014 (VIS) - Yesterday the Holy Father appointed
Archbishop Bernardito C. Auza, apostolic nuncio in Haiti, as the Holy See
permanent observer to the United Nations.

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