Rorate Caeli

Today (updated)

Meeting of the heads of dicasteries of the Roman Curia (Capi Dicastero), presided by the Pope, in the Sala Bologna of the Apostolic Palace. This Monday morning meeting is the first general gathering of the heads of dicasteries with the Holy Father in 2011.

[Update (June 14):] According to Andrea Tornielli, yesterday's meeting focused primarily on some matters related to the life of religious men and women: (1) on the need to clearly separate male and female religious, contrary to the practices of some new religious congregations, which allow for common communities; (2) on the need to clearly separate the functions of lay faithful and religious - avoiding that lay leaders may have jurisdiction over priests and religious; (3) on the need to avoid overemphasis on the person of the Founder, when this prevents a wider acknowledgment of the primacy of the Church and of the Magisterium.