Pope Leo XIV Controls the Church with Cardinals
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Four topics had to be studied: evangelization according to pope Francis, the reform of the Curia and the relationship between that administrative apparatus and the local churches and synodality or the new way of giving direction to the church together with ordinary believers.With co-responsibility and active participation for everyone. Fourth on the list were liturgical themes, including the Old Latin Mass, much loved by ultra-conservative Catholics (especially in Europe and the US), from long before the Second Vatican Council.
During their first meeting, the Pope asked the cardinals to choose two topics for discussion. An overwhelming majority opted for the themes of evangelization and synodality or church renewal, to the disappointment of the traditionalist flank.
It must have been a bit of a shock for the conservative hardliners when they had to sit at large round tables, divided into working groups. To talk and,above all,to listen to each other and to get to know each other’s local church and culture. Comparable to the method of the two long meeting sessions during the Synod for Synodality, the most important reform initiated by Francis to achieve a major church renewal and cultural change.