The technical committee will be headed by the Council's Prelate Secretary
Mons. Brian Ferme. Four lay experts will contribute their professional
experience and expertise: Bernhard Kotanko, Austria; Andrea Lesca, Italy;
Antoine de Salins, France, and Professor Nino Savelli, Italy. In addition,
there will be representatives from of the Council for the Economy, the
Secretariat of State and the Pension Fund.
 Another area under consideration is the Vatican communications structure, and
a committee has been appointed to propose reforms for the Vatican media. The
committee will publish a report and a reform plan within the next twelve
months after considering the COSEA report. The objectives are to adapt the
Holy See media to changing media consumption trends, enhance coordination and
achieve progressively and appreciably substantial financial savings. Building
on the recent positive experiences with initiatives such as the Pope App and
the Holy Father's Twitter Account, digital channels will be strengthened to
ensure the Holy Father's messages reach more of the faithful around the world,
especially young people.
 The members of the committee come from Vatican staff and from senior
international experts. They have been chosen for their expertise in
communications while reflecting the universality of the Catholic Church. The
international experts are Lord Christopher Patten, UK, who will act as
president of the committee; Gregory Erlandson, USA; Daniela Frank, Germany;
Fr. Eric Salobir OP, France; Leticia Soberon, Spain and Mexico; and George
Yeo, Singapore. The Vatican staff are Msgr. Paul Tighe, secretary of the
Pontifical Council for Social Communications, who will act as secretary of the
committee; Giacomo Ghisani, Vatican Radio; Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani,
Secretariat of State; Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz, Vatican Internet Service, and
Professor Giovanni Maria Vian, editor-in-chief of L'Osservatore Romano.
 With regard to the Institute for the Works of Religion, following the
confirmation of the mission of the IOR by the Holy Father on 7 April 2014 and
under the guidance of the Secretariat for the Economy and its Council, the IOR
has announced plans for the next stage of development.
 The Holy Father's Council of Cardinals (C9), the Secretariat for the Economy,
the Supervisory Commission of Cardinals and the current IOR Board of
Superintendence have jointly agreed that this plan shall be carried out by a
new executive team led by Jean-Baptiste de Franssu. He will assume office as
the new president of the IOR on July 9, 2014. Ernst von Freyberg has agreed to
serve a period of transition to ensure an orderly hand-over. Jean-Baptiste de
Franssu stated, "It is an honour to have been called to implement the changes
that are now required to further transform the IOR into a dedicated service
provider for the Church".
 Over the next three years, the IOR's Statutes will be revised and its
operations redesigned, following a set of three strategic priorities:
strengthening the business foundation for the IOR; gradually shifting assets
under management to a newly created, central Vatican Asset Management (VAM),
in order to overcome duplication of efforts in this field among Vatican
institutions; and focusing IOR on financial advice and payment services for
clergy, congregations, dioceses and lay Vatican employees.
 The IOR is in a phase of peaceful transition. The first stage of the reforms,
led by Ernst von Freyberg, has been completed. Excellent progress has been
made through adherence to international standards and the resultant
transparency is evident in the second annual report which has been fully
audited by Deloitte. A new anti-money-laundering (AML) framework has been put
in place and every effort continues to be made to comply with this framework.
The internal compliance department, supported by Promontory, has closely
reviewed 18,000 clients. Von Freyberg's leadership in this first stage has
cleared the decks for the beginning of the next phase, to be led by
President-elect Jean-Baptiste de Franssu who will devote himself full-time to
his new task. Because of other commitments, President von Freyberg is unable
to dedicate himself full-time to IOR duties.
 In the different financial agencies reporting to the Secretariat for the
Economy, a general pattern of clerical-lay expert cooperation has been
followed. The exact nature of this governmental cooperation at IOR is yet to
be determined. The five members of the Commission of Cardinals will continue
their involvement and will be joined by Cardinal Josip Bozanic of Zagreb,
Croatia. They are Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, archpriest of the Papal
Basilica of St Mary Major; Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, archbishop of
Toronto; Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin; Cardinal Christoph
Schonborn, archbishop of Vienna, and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of
the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
 Six new lay members will be appointed to the Board of IOR including
Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, France, as president; Clemens Boersig, Germany;
Professor Mary Ann Glendon, USA, and Sir Michael Hintze, UK.
 Msgr. Alfred Xuereb, secretary general of the Secretariat for the Economy,
will be the non-voting secretary of the Board of the IOR, and Msgr. Battista
Ricca remains as the Prelate of the IOR.

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 DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS
 Vatican City, 9 July 2014 (VIS) - Yesterday the Holy Father Francis received
in private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation
for the Causes of Saints. During the audience he authorised the promulgation
of decrees concerning the following causes:
 HEROIC VIRTUES
 - Servant of God Antonio Ferreira Vicoso, Portuguese Bishop of Mariana
(1787-1875).
 - Servant of God Saturnino Lopez Novoa, Spanish diocesan priest, co-founder
of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly (1830-1905).
 - Servant of God Joseph-Auguste Arribat, French professed priest of the
Salesians of Don Bosco (1879-1963).
 - Servant of God Mary Veronica of the Passion (nee Sophie Leeves), British
professed nun of the Order of the Descalced Carmelites, foundress of the
Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel.
 - Servant of God Elena da Persico, Italian lay foundress of the Secular
Institute of the Daughters of the Queen of the Apostles (1869-1948).
 - Servant of God Gaetana of the Blessed Sacrament (nee Carlotta Fontana),
Italian superior general of the Poor Daughters of St. Cajetan (1870-1935).
 - Servant of God Marcello Candia, Italian layperson (1916-1983.

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 9 July 2014 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
 - Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes
of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life, accompanied by
Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, secretary of the same dicastery.
 - Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve.
 Yesterday, 8 July, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental
Churches.
 - Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes
of Saints.
 - Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 9 July 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:
 - appointed Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C., auxiliary of Sao Salvador da
Bahia, as bishop of Estancia (area 6,736, population 470,000, Catholics
452,000, priests 53, religious 64), Brazil.
 - appointed Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X., as auxiliary of the archdiocese
of Ranchi (area 5,299, population 3,156,000, Catholics 140,503, priests 255,
religious 1,266), India. The bishop-elect was born in Camurlim, India in 1960
and was ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a Master of Arts in political
science from the Nagpur University, and a licentiate and doctorate in sacred
scripture form the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome. He has held a number
of pastoral roles in Punjab, North India, and has served as coordinator of the
works of the "Societ  del Pilar", Rome, superior delegate for the Society of
the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier in Europe, and official of the
Pontifical Council for Culture. He is currently procurator general of the
Society, member of the Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic
Congresses and lecturer in sacred scripture at the Pontifical Gregorian
University and at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum),
Rome.

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