C8

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C8 is the informal name for the Council of Cardinals, a group of senior advisers chosen by the Pope to help him govern and reform the Roman Catholic Church.

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Label Occurrences
C8 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Cardinals
advisory body
organ of the Holy See
advises Pope
Pope Francis
alsoKnownAs Council of Cardinal Advisers
Group of Eight Cardinals
announcedOn 2013-04-13
appointedBy Pope Francis
composition cardinals
country Vatican City
createdBy Pope Francis
established 2013
establishedByDocument chirograph of Pope Francis
fieldOfWork Church governance
Curial reform
governingBodyOf Roman Curia reforms
hasChair Pope Francis
hasInformalName Council of Cardinals
hasMemberRole cardinal adviser
hasOfficialName Council of Cardinals
hasSuccessorBodyName C9
jurisdiction universal Church
language English
Italian
Spanish
location Apostolic Palace
meetsAt Vatican City
meetsFrequency periodically
memberCount 8
memberOf Roman Curia
partOf governance structure of the Catholic Church
purpose to advise the Pope on the governance of the universal Church
to study a project of revision of the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
reportsTo Pope
shortName C8
status active
type papal advisory council

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Council of Cardinals alsoKnownAs C8
subject linked to: council of cardinals