The gathering will function as ‘a space for mutual listening, discernment, and shared exploration of certain issue,’ Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re said.
Several working sessions and four themes ranging from war to synodality are planned for the next consistory convened by Pope Leo XIV.
From reflection on the international situation to a possible “updating” of the doctrine of just war, to discussion of the encyclical Magnifica Humanitas to the steps of the synodal process, the cardinals are called upon for broad discussions in multiple sessions. The plans were reported Thursday by Vatican News.
The themes were outlined by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, in a letter sent to all cardinals on June 3. The extraordinary consistory, the second convoked by Leo XIV, will be held June 26-27.
Cardinal Re emphasized in the letter — which EWTN News has seen in the original — that the consistory “is intended, above all, to be a space for mutual listening, discernment, and shared exploration of certain issues relevant to the life and mission of the Church in the present time.”
The Pope “wishes to gather the experience and advice of the members of the College of Cardinals
