Posted on 09/14/2016 5:36:02 PM PDT by marshmallow
The Pope and the Council continue to discuss the process of identifying candidates for bishop roles
Pope Francis and members of the international Council of Cardinals advising him on Church governance once again discussed ways to improve the process of identifying the best priests to become bishops.
“The cardinals reflected broadly on the spiritual and pastoral profile necessary for a bishop today,” said Greg Burke, director of the Vatican press office.
Meeting with Pope Francis between September 12-14, they also discussed “the theme of the Holy See’s diplomatic service and the formation and tasks of apostolic nuncios with particular attention to their great responsibility in the choice of candidates for the episcopacy,” Burke said in a statement.
At their April meeting, the Pope and cardinals also had spoken about the process of choosing new bishops and they looked specifically at the questionnaire that nuncios send around to bishops, priests and others asking their opinions about certain candidates. The nuncios evaluate the responses and forward suggestions for the appointment of new bishops to the Congregation for Bishops, which does a further evaluation and makes recommendations to the Pope.
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, attended one of the September sessions of the Council of Cardinals, explaining the congregation’s work as well as the activities of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, which he serves as president.
The Pope and his international board of cardinal-advisers also continued their office-by-office look at the Roman Curia in view of a planned reform, the Vatican statement said. The congregations for Clergy and for Catholic Education were discussed, as was the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
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How about someone who actually believes in Jesus Christ?
How about the bishops have a counter conference on improving the selection of popes?
Suggestions which Bergolio totally ignores as he goes ahead and choose the most liberal, godless hierarchs, e.g. Cupich, he can dig up from the dregs of Catholicism.
The whole conference, just like Francis' sin-nods, is just for show. Francis is a ruthless dictator and he treats orthodox priests, bishops and laymen like trash.
Would that “improvement” mean for the apostate “pope” the selection of men who are heretics and apostates too?
“The cardinals reflected broadly on the spiritual and pastoral profile necessary for a bishop today,,” said Greg Burke, director of the Vatican press office.
Because the profile of a Catholic bishop is somehow different "today". /s
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