What is the Council of Cardinals for, anymore?

The pope's Council of Cardinal's isn't what it used to be. But with an ageing membership and anemic agenda, what is it for?

When the pope created the Council of Cardinal Advisors nearly a decade ago, its primary purpose was to advise Francis on the reform of the global governance of the Church, and to produce a new constitution for the Roman curia.

That document, Praedicate evangelium, was issued earlier this year.

With the council’s defining work accomplished, it has been dep…