The pope did not create the commission "at the recommendation of his advisory Council of Cardinals."
The pope responded to the UN Committee on the Rights of Children's request for information on December 4, 2013, by stating that it was not the practice of his government to “disclose information on specific cases unless requested to do so by another country as part of legal proceedings” and “that the Vatican can provide information only about known and alleged child sex crimes that have happened on Vatican property.”
A rarity, his response was criticized in the media. The next day, O’Malley stated that the pope would create a special Commission for the Protection of Minors with no authority other than to advise him on ways to address the subject.
The Vatican may move slowly, but the pope removed the "Bishop of Bling" Franz Peter Tebartz-van Elst and excommunicated We Are Church head Martha Holzer and her husband without a hearing, commission or due process.