(Vatican Radio) Today, the Holy Father met with all the heads of Dicasteries of the
Roman Curia. The Dicasteries, such as the Secretariat of State, the Congregations,
Tribunals, Councils and Offices, are the various organisations within the Vatican
“which help the Roman Pontiff in the exercise of his supreme pastoral office for the
good and service of the whole Church and of the particular Churches.”
Also
present at the meeting, which took place in the Sala Bologna of the Apostolic Palace,
were the President of the Governorate and the Cardinal Vicar of Rome.
In the
course of the past few months, the Pope has met personally with each of the heads
of the Dicasteries, holding wide-ranging conversations which each of them. This morning
he met with all of them together, in a meeting chaired by himself, at the sixth month
mark of his pontificate.
The meeting was intended to provide an opportunity
to listen to the considerations and recommendations of the main collaborators of the
Pope in Rome, which fits naturally in the context of implementing the suggestions
made by the cardinals in the Congregations in preparation for the Conclave, and of
the reflections of the Holy Father on the government of the Church, which will soon
see another important event with the meeting of the Group of 8 cardinals in early
October. The audience began at 10:00 and ended shortly before 1:00.