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Pope Leo Sets Annual Cardinal Meetings After Consistory Focuses on Mission and Synodality

The pope maps a consultative course centered on Vatican II, mission, synodality.

Overview

  • Leo asked cardinals to reconvene June 27–28 and said he will gather the College annually for multi‑day sessions, signaling a new consultative governing style.
  • Roughly 170 of 245 cardinals attended the two‑day extraordinary consistory in Rome, which produced guidance rather than a binding document.
  • Cardinals chose to prioritize evangelization and the church’s synodal life over liturgy or curial reform, according to Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
  • The pope said he will devote his weekly catecheses to rereading key Second Vatican Council texts to advance their implementation.
  • Leo urged unity and warned against personal or group agendas, and the contentious Latin Mass question was not taken up as a main topic.