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Pope Leo XIV will formally convene on Friday an extraordinary consistory of the College of Cardinals, his second meeting with the group.
The expectation is that Leo will make an extraordinary consistory again part of the annual Roman calendar, giving the world’s cardinals a chance to meet with the pope and each other.
After years of Pope Francis choosing not to summon the college for extraordinary consistories at all, retaining only perfunctory ordinary meetings to formally elevate new cardinals, Leo has, to some extent, the chance to reinvent the wheel.
With the pope free to choose his own format for extraordinary consistories, and how and on what topics he wants to consult the college, what do his choices for the meetings tell us about how he plans to use the college?
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The formal agenda for the two days of meetings broadly follows the format of the last consistory in January, with cardinals meeting in groups to discuss topics chosen by the pope, themed around his chosen headline topics of international affairs and evangelization.
The chosen subjects for the four working sessions — three themed around the state of
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