VATICAN CITY
CNN

By Hada Messia and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN

updated 7:41 AM EDT, Sat April 13, 2013

Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis has appointed a group of eight cardinals from around the world to look into ways of reforming the Catholic Church, the Vatican said Saturday.

The group, which includes U.S. Cardinal Sean O’Malley from Boston, will examine ways to revise the Vatican constitution, Pastor Bonus, which sets the rules for running the Roman Curia, or church hierarchy.

The cardinals — who come from North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe — will first meet in October, the Vatican said.