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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