Council of Cardinals
The Council of Cardinals (Italian: Consiglio dei cardinali, Latin: Consilium Cardinalium Summo Pontifici, lit. 'Council of Cardinals to the Supreme Pontiff'; also called C9 because it contained nine cardinal members for a time) or Council of Cardinal Advisers is a group of cardinals of the Catholic Church appointed by Pope Francis to serve as his advisers. The council was formally established on 28 September 2013.