A view of the Cupola of St. Peter`s Basilica from the gardens at the Patristic Institute "Augustinianum" in Rome, Italy on July 3, 2015.

Bohumil Petrik
A view of the Cupola of St. Peter`s Basilica from the gardens at the Patristic Institute "Augustinianum" in Rome, Italy on July 3, 2015.

The group of cardinal advisers, referred to as the C9 for its original nine members, was established by Pope Francis in 2013, with the aim of revising the text of the 1988 apostolic constitution Pastor bonus.