Amid all the current publicity about the faults and failings of the Roman Curia and the cries for its reform, we need to step back for a moment and put the situation into a larger context.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ announcement of a consistory to create new cardinals will also have consequences for the offices of the Roman Curia. Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, substitute ...

What is the Roman Curia for? Anthony Ekpo . 07 August 2024, The Tablet Prev. Next. Priests pray with Pope Francis in the Vatican . photo: alamy, robert harding. Every Pope tries to reform ...

Vatican City, Feb 9, 2015 / 14:46 pm. The reform of the Roman Curia must be an example for the spiritual renewal of the entire Church, the prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ...

The Roman Curia is an administration or a bureaucracy, and therefore needs from time to time a reshuffle, to make sure it doesn’t become an institution focused on itself.

Pope Francis warned the Roman Curia on Thursday that “rigid ideological positions” can be an obstacle to “moving forward.” In his annual Christmas address to the cardinals who work in ...

The Roman Curia is made up of the Secretariat of State, nine congregations, 12 councils, three tribunals, and a host of commissions, academies, institutes and other offices.

Corruption inside the Roman Curia — the Vatican’s vast bureaucracy — is nothing new. In the 15th century, for example, Pope Sixtus IV appointed six of his nephews as cardinals.

A Roman Observer: Unlike predecessors, Pope Francis has not utilized the CDF prefect or his department, but is he making any moves to ensure a legacy that cannot be undone?

A story in today’s EatPrayLive section refers to the Roman Curia, or papal bureaucracy, and the work that Pope Francis is doing to change what is often thought to be ...

(CBS News) The 115 voting cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church will, ... And a Brazilian, Cardinal Odilo Scherer, is a traditionalist and supported by the largely Italian Curia faction.

Vatican City, May 29, 2018 / 23:07 pm. Pope Francis' announcement of a consistory to create new cardinals will also have consequences for the offices of the Roman Curia.