The College of Cardinals is “not called primarily to be a mere group of experts, but a community of faith,” Pope Leo XIV informed the princes of the Church on Thursday – but is that possible?
Leo’s comments formed part of his homily during the concelebrated Mass he offered with the cardinals gathered for the extraordinary consistory on Thursday morning. The early hour – doubtless not greatly appreciated by many – gave further proof of the hasty style and pace of the consistory.
One and a half days, with less than two hours of free interventions scheduled, was hardly what many observers anticipated for the event hailed as the beginning of Leo’s own agenda. Indeed, some cardinals were expressing concerns about the brevity of the meeting before it had even begun.
