VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
Joshua J. McElwee | Feb. 10, 2016
VATICAN CITY
The nine cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the Catholic church’s central bureaucracy have submitted a final proposal for the creation of two new high-level Vatican offices, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The Council of Cardinals have finalized their recommendations for a new Laity-Family-Life office and a Justice-Peace-Migrants office, said Vatican spokesman Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi.
The cardinals’ group had been meeting with the pope in Rome Monday and Tuesday for the 13th of its in-person meetings. The group is advising the pontiff on reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, commonly known as the Roman Curia.
The idea for two new high-level Vatican offices has been discussed for months. Lombardi said it is now up to the pope to determine what to do with the proposals.
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