The technical committee will be headed by the Council's Prelate Secretary
Mons. Brian Ferme. Four lay experts will contribute their professional
experience and expertise: Bernhard Kotanko, Austria; Andrea Lesca, Italy;
Antoine de Salins, France, and Professor Nino Savelli, Italy. In addition,
there will be representatives from of the Council for the Economy, the
Secretariat of State and the Pension Fund.
 Another area under consideration is the Vatican communications structure,
and a committee has been appointed to propose reforms for the Vatican
media. The committee will publish a report and a reform plan within the
next twelve months after considering the COSEA report. The objectives are
to adapt the Holy See media to changing media consumption trends, enhance
coordination and achieve progressively and appreciably substantial
financial savings. Building on the recent positive experiences with
initiatives such as the Pope App and the Holy Father's Twitter Account,
digital channels will be strengthened to ensure the Holy Father's messages
reach more of the faithful around the world, especially young people.
 The members of the committee come from Vatican staff and from senior
international experts. They have been chosen for their expertise in
communications while reflecting the universality of the Catholic Church.
The international experts are Lord Christopher Patten, UK, who will act as
president of the committee; Gregory Erlandson, USA; Daniela Frank, Germany;
Fr. Eric Salobir OP, France; Leticia Soberon, Spain and Mexico; and George
Yeo, Singapore. The Vatican staff are Msgr. Paul Tighe, secretary of the
Pontifical Council for Social Communications, who will act as secretary of
the committee; Giacomo Ghisani, Vatican Radio; Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani,
Secretariat of State; Msgr. Lucio Adrian Ruiz, Vatican Internet Service,
and Professor Giovanni Maria Vian, editor-in-chief of L'Osservatore Romano.
 With regard to the Institute for the Works of Religion, following the
confirmation of the mission of the IOR by the Holy Father on 7 April 2014
and under the guidance of the Secretariat for the Economy and its Council,
the IOR has announced plans for the next stage of development.
 The Holy Father's Council of Cardinals (C9), the Secretariat for the
Economy, the Supervisory Commission of Cardinals and the current IOR Board
of Superintendence have jointly agreed that this plan shall be carried out
by a new executive team led by Jean-Baptiste de Franssu. He will assume
office as the new president of the IOR on July 9, 2014. Ernst von Freyberg
has agreed to serve a period of transition to ensure an orderly hand-over.
Jean-Baptiste de Franssu stated, "It is an honour to have been called
to implement the changes that are now required to further transform the IOR
into a dedicated service provider for the Church".
 Over the next three years, the IOR's Statutes will be revised and its
operations redesigned, following a set of three strategic priorities:
strengthening the business foundation for the IOR; gradually shifting
assets under management to a newly created, central Vatican Asset
Management (VAM), in order to overcome duplication of efforts in this field
among Vatican institutions; and focusing IOR on financial advice and
payment services for clergy, congregations, dioceses and lay Vatican
employees.
 The IOR is in a phase of peaceful transition. The first stage of the
reforms, led by Ernst von Freyberg, has been completed. Excellent progress
has been made through adherence to international standards and the
resultant transparency is evident in the second annual report which has
been fully audited by Deloitte. A new anti-money-laundering (AML) framework
has been put in place and every effort continues to be made to comply with
this framework. The internal compliance department, supported by
Promontory, has closely reviewed 18,000 clients. Von Freyberg's leadership
in this first stage has cleared the decks for the beginning of the next
phase, to be led by President-elect Jean-Baptiste de Franssu who will
devote himself full-time to his new task. Because of other commitments,
President von Freyberg is unable to dedicate himself full-time to IOR
duties.
 In the different financial agencies reporting to the Secretariat for the
Economy, a general pattern of clerical-lay expert cooperation has been
followed. The exact nature of this governmental cooperation at IOR is yet
to be determined. The five members of the Commission of Cardinals will
continue their involvement and will be joined by Cardinal Josip Bozanic of
Zagreb, Croatia. They are Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello, archpriest of
the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major; Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins,
archbishop of Toronto; Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin; Cardinal
Christoph Schonborn, archbishop of Vienna, and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran,
president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
 Six new lay members will be appointed to the Board of IOR including
Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, France, as president; Clemens Boersig, Germany;
Professor Mary Ann Glendon, USA, and Sir Michael Hintze, UK.
 Msgr. Alfred Xuereb, secretary general of the Secretariat for the Economy,
will be the non-voting secretary of the Board of the IOR, and Msgr.
Battista Ricca remains as the Prelate of the IOR.

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 DECREES OF THE CONGREGATION FOR THE CAUSES OF SAINTS
 Vatican City, 9 July 2014 (VIS) - Yesterday the Holy Father Francis
received in private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the
Congregation for the Causes of Saints. During the audience he authorised
the promulgation of decrees concerning the following causes:
 HEROIC VIRTUES
 - Servant of God Antonio Ferreira Vicoso, Portuguese Bishop of Mariana (1787-1875).
 - Servant of God Saturnino Lopez Novoa, Spanish diocesan priest,
co-founder of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned
Elderly (1830-1905).
 - Servant of God Joseph-Auguste Arribat, French professed priest of the
Salesians of Don Bosco (1879-1963).
 - Servant of God Mary Veronica of the Passion (nee Sophie Leeves), British
professed nun of the Order of the Descalced Carmelites, foundress of the
Sisters of the Apostolic Carmel.
 - Servant of God Elena da Persico, Italian lay foundress of the Secular
Institute of the Daughters of the Queen of the Apostles (1869-1948).
 - Servant of God Gaetana of the Blessed Sacrament (nee Carlotta Fontana),
Italian superior general of the Poor Daughters of St. Cajetan (1870-1935).
 - Servant of God Marcello Candia, Italian layperson (1916-1983.

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 AUDIENCES
 Vatican City, 9 July 2014 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
 - Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz, prefect of the Congregation for the
Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life,
accompanied by Archbishop Jose Rodriguez Carballo, secretary of the same
dicastery.
 - Cardinal Gualtiero Bassetti, archbishop of Perugia-Citta della Pieve.
 Yesterday, 8 July, the Holy Father received in audience:
 - Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
 - Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the
Causes of Saints.
 - Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.

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 OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
 Vatican City, 9 July 2014 (VIS) - The Holy Father has:
 - appointed Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C., auxiliary of Sao Salvador da
Bahia, as bishop of Estancia (area 6,736, population 470,000, Catholics
452,000, priests 53, religious 64), Brazil.
 - appointed Fr. Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X., as auxiliary of the
archdiocese of Ranchi (area 5,299, population 3,156,000, Catholics 140,503,
priests 255, religious 1,266), India. The bishop-elect was born in
Camurlim, India in 1960 and was ordained a priest in 1988. He holds a
Master of Arts in political science from the Nagpur University, and a
licentiate and doctorate in sacred scripture form the Pontifical Biblical
Institute, Rome. He has held a number of pastoral roles in Punjab, North
India, and has served as coordinator of the works of the "Societ  del
Pilar", Rome, superior delegate for the Society of the Missionaries of
St. Francis Xavier in Europe, and official of the Pontifical Council for
Culture. He is currently procurator general of the Society, member of the
Pontifical Committee for the International Eucharistic Congresses and
lecturer in sacred scripture at the Pontifical Gregorian University and at
the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome.

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