{"id":13352,"date":"2018-09-12T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/?p=13352"},"modified":"2018-09-12T10:30:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T15:30:05","slug":"pope-francis-convokes-world-wide-meeting-of-bishops-on-abuse-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satodayscatholic.org\/pope-francis-convokes-world-wide-meeting-of-bishops-on-abuse-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pope Francis convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis<\/h2>\n<p>Posted by Catholic News Agency<\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops\u2019 conferences of the world to meet at the Vatican in February to discuss the issue of sexual abuse of minors.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the pope\u2019s cardinal advisory board Sept. 12 said, \u201cThe Holy Father Francis, hearing the Council of Cardinals, decided to convene a meeting with the Presidents of the Bishops Conferences of the Catholic Church on the theme of \u2018protection of minors.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The summit will take place at the Vatican Feb. 21-24, 2019, according to a Catholic News Agency report.<\/p>\n<p>According to the website GCatholic, there are 114 Conferences of Bishops and 21 eastern-rite Patriarchal Synods, Councils of Churches, and Assemblies of Ordinaries.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement followed a three-day session of Pope Francis\u2019 Council of Cardinals, commonly called the \u201cC9,\u201d which he created in 2013 to advise him regarding the governance and reform of the Roman Curia.<\/p>\n<p>A major task of the nine cardinals has been revising the 1988 apostolic constitution,\u00a0<em>Pastor bonus<\/em>, which regulates the government of the Roman Curia.<\/p>\n<p>In their latest session Sept. 10-12, the Council made final adjustments to the draft of the new constitution, tentatively titled\u00a0<em>Praedicate evangelium<\/em>, before turning it over to Pope Francis. It will still undergo a stylistic revision and review of the canonical elements before being published, the Vatican said.<\/p>\n<p>Three members of the C9 were not present during the September meetings: Cardinal George Pell, who has been in Australia since summer 2017 undergoing a trial; and Cardinals Francisco Javier Err\u00e1zuriz and Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis convokes world-wide meeting of bishops on abuse crisis Posted by Catholic News Agency Pope Francis has called for all the presidents of the Catholic bishops\u2019 conferences of the world to meet at the Vatican in February to discuss the issue of sexual abuse of minors. 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