VATICAN CITY
The Tablet (UK)
30 April 2014 16:28 by James Macintyre in Rome, Abigail Frymann
Pope Francis’ hand-picked group of eight cardinals pressed on with its sweeping programme of Vatican reforms this week.
The so-called C8, who are advising Pope Francis on reforming the governance of the Church, met earlier this week after the historic dual canonisations of John XXIII and John Paul II, which were concelebrated with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on what became dubbed “the day of four popes”.
At the cardinals’ three-day meeting – their fourth since October – they appraised the work of the 12 pontifical councils. The Pope attended most of the meetings and the Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, participated regularly, the Vatican said.
“There is still much work to be done, and it is therefore to be expected that it will be completed not this year, but instead during the next,” the Vatican said, suggesting that the scale of the task is larger than initially thought.
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