Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts since 2007, who turned 80 years old March 6.
The Council is tasked with preparing official interpretations of Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts of Canon Law, which must be approved by the Pope, when questions regarding its meaning or application arise.
The Council also provides canonical guidance to Bishops, religious orders, and offices of the Roman Curia.
Cardinal Coccopalmerio has already begun living in Milan, his native city. Hisretirement has been long expected.
It seems likely that the Cardinal’s successor could be Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrietta, a Spaniard, who was appointed Secretary to the Council in 2007, at the same time Cardinal Coccopalmerio was appointed president. Bishop Arrietta, 66, was ordained a priest of Opus Dei, and was founding Dean of the Canon Law school at the prelature’s Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.
In a 2017 booklet on the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, Cardinal Coccopalmerio wrote that “the Church could admit to Penance and to the Eucharist faithful who find themselves in an illegitimate union when two essential conditions occur: they want to change the situation, but they are unable to fulfill their desire.”
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