“The meeting was an opportunity for a mutual exchange of updates on some current affairs in different key geographical areas and for an overall assessment of the council’s progress in recent years,” the Vatican said Dec. 7.
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A statement from the conference said the archives of the doctrinal congregation will allow the bishops “to know and analyze, quantitatively and qualitatively, the data kept at the congregation while ensuring the appropriate confidentiality.”