Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 91, will preside over Pope Francis' April 26 funeral. He has served in the Roman curia for over five decades.

The dean of the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals is a 91-year-old Italian who has spent most of his career serving in the Roman curia.

Pope Francis’ transformative pontificate—from deep Roman Curia reforms and Vatican financial transparency to a global zero‑tolerance policy on abuse, groundbreaking diplomacy and integral ecology ...

In the Catholic Church, political power is concentrated in the Roman curia—the practically invisible coterie of busybodies, many of them high-ranking clergy, who administer the vast Vatican ...

“The commission found a persistent concern regarding the transparency in the Roman Curia’s procedures and juridical processes,” the report said, observing this “will continue to foment ...

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 ...

Pope Francis made a dire warning to the Roman Curia on Thursday, warning them to be ever vigilant of demons lurking in the Vatican.

Pope Francis has often used his annual December address, held in the Vatican’s gilded Hall of Benediction, to offer his frank perspective on the state of the Roman Curia.

Pope Francis arrives for an audience for the annual exchange of Christmas greetings with members of the Roman Curia in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on Dec. 23, 2021. Photo by Vatican Media ...

The new constitution refers to previous reforms of the Roman Curia in past centuries. It highlights reforms instituted in the 20th century by Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II.

The reform of the Roman Curia was requested by the cardinals in the pre-conclave meetings in March 2013, and Francis began work on this enormous task immediately after taking office.