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By Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, June 25, 2026
Edward Pentin is the Register’s Senior Contributor and EWTN News Vatican Analyst. He began reporting on the Pope and the Vatican with Vatican Radio before moving on to become the Rome correspondent for EWTN’s National Catholic Register.
ANALYSIS: Increased participation and opportunity to submit contributions to the Holy Father are new elements to the meeting, but skepticism endures.
This week’s extraordinary consistory of cardinals — the second of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate — aims to address criticisms made of the previous consistory that took place in January, but concerns remain going into the meeting regarding its synodal structure and discussion topics.
The June 26-27 consistory, to be attended by both voting and non-voting members of the College of Cardinals in the presence of the Pope, will take place in the audience and synod halls of the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican.
It follows the January meeting, attended by 170 cardinals, which was welcomed for restoring an opportunity for cardinals to voice their concerns to the Pope after such consistories were suspended by Pope Francis since 2014. …
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