Council of Cardinals meets for fourth time

(Vatican Radio) The fourth meeting of the Council of Cardinals with the Holy Father began on Monday morning, and will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Council of Cardinals was instituted by Pope Francis to help him in the governance of the universal Church and to draw up a project for the revision of the apostolic constitution “Pastor Bonus” on the Roman Curia. Meanwhile, the Supervisory Commission of Cardinals of the Institute for the Works of Religion (the Vatican Bank) met in order to draft guidelines for their action. Furthermore, it was decided that the Supervisory Commission will initially meet thrice yearly, notwithstanding special circumstances necessitating other meetings.