KARACHI: 76-year-old Pope Francis, who lead a mass in St.Paul’s basilica in Rome on Sunday, has reportedly appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to help him govern the Catholic Church.
The panel of cardinals are from the United States, Italy, Chile, India, Germany, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Australia and Honduras. The eight include Cardinal Giusseppe Bertello, the current governor of Vatican City; Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago, Chile; Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India; Reinhard Marx of Munich, Germany, Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa,Congo; O’ Malley of Boston, U.S; George Pell of Sydney, Australia; and Oscar Andres Rodriquez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
According to sources, the eight cardinals are not due to meet as a group until next October and their powers remain those of an advisory board. Moreover, this “privy council” represents a significant move in terms of church governance where its main function is to ‘advise’ the Pope.
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