The Vatican released the official schedule for the second extraordinary consistory of the year, offering a glimpse of some of the topics and major issues that will be discussed by Pope Leo XIV and the College of Cardinals. Source: OSV News.
The schedule of the June 26-27 consistory, which was published by the Vatican press office yesterday, includes discussions centred on the Pope’s recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, on safeguarding the human person in the time of artificial intelligence.
As the second consistory of the year, the Pope is making good on the cardinals’ requests for further collaboration, which the college expressed during the general congregations prior to his election last year.
Over the two days, the cardinals will take part in four sessions – two per day – with the first session in the morning on June 26, centred on the theme, “In what world are we called to proclaim the Gospel?” and featuring a biblical meditation delivered by Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Krakow.
In the afternoon’s second session, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, will introduce the theme, “The culture of power and the civilisation of love.”
According to the schedule, the theme is based on the fifth chapter of Magnifica Humanitas. Among the issues addressed by Pope Leo in that chapter are the risks posed by technology when used irresponsibly, especially in warfare.
The next day, the third session will reflect on the theme, “Building in the good: the worksites of our time,” which includes an introduction by Cardinal Stephen Brislin of Johannesburg based on the introduction and conclusion of Magnifica Humanitas.
The cardinals will hold discussions based on the questions that centre on the aspects that “make it more difficult to build up the common good” and the expectations of the people “that the Church is called to listen to, and which perhaps we do not listen to enough.”
The consistory’s final session will focus on the three-year implementation process of Synod of Bishops on synodality, which was approved by Pope Francis on March 11, 2025, just 10 days before his death, and subsequently confirmed by Pope Leo.
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