Yesterday, the Italian daily Il Tempo published a very interesting report on the papal meeting with all cardinals, on March 23. It indicates that the pope may then tell the College of Cardinals of his plans to begin to restructure the Roman Curia [which would include (a) the end of the Pontifical Council for interreligious dialogue and its incorporation within the Pontifical Council for Culture; (b) the end of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and its incorporation within the P. Council for Justice and Peace; (c) a complete unification of all Vatican media apparatus within one single control, under the Pontifical Council for media].The article then mentions that the Pontiff wishes to do "something" to reintegrate the SSPX to the Church [will this happen in the March 23 meeting with all cardinals? or will it happen on March 20, in a meeting with the heads of the dicasteries only, as it happened in February? -- the paper does not say]; but that, in turn, the SSPX will have to accept in toto all documents of the Second Vatican Council.
Now, of course there would never have to be such a declaration in such terms. Benedict knows better than that -- and much better than Il Tempo's sources... The wish of Il Tempo's sources is, thus, to increase the angst among those who are not as well-informed of the deep wish of the Holy Father and of the options put in place by Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos.
