TELEGRAM FOR THE DEATH OF CARDINAL MAYER
VATICAN CITY, 30 APR 2010 (VIS) – The Holy Father has sent a telegram of condolence to Fr. Notker Wolf, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation, for the death today at the age of 98 of Cardinal...
View ArticleVatican paper publishes article on Pope’s view of Vatican II
Vatican City, (CNA).- The Vatican daily L’Osservatore Roman (LOR) published an article this week on a meeting of the international theological and cultural review “Communio,” which was founded 38...
View ArticlePRIESTS: ACCOMPANY HUMAN BEINGS ON THEIR JOURNEY
VATICAN CITY, 11 JUN 2010 (VIS) – Today, Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Holy Father presided at a Eucharistic concelebration in St. Peter’s Square to mark the close of the Year for Priests...
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Pope Benedict on Dialogue and Truth
The Holy Father addressed the Roman Curia this morning, an annual, programmatic speech of high importance. His very first Address to the Roman Curia in 2005 provided us with a new vocabulary of...
View ArticleMedia Vatican reporting is a lot like those “Bad Lip Reading” videos
Gay marriage threatens family ‘to its foundations’, says Pope Pope says future of mankind at stake over gay marriage Pope Benedict XVI denounces gay marriage in his Christmas message saying...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI Appoints New Cardinals to Roman Curia Posts
Five of the New Prelates of Last Year's Consistory Will Serve in Vatican Dicasteries
View ArticleCardinal Ravasi Reflects on Power, Fragility of the Word
God of Grace, God of the Word, and God Creator are images being used by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi in his catecheses for the spiritual exercises being preached for the Pope and Roman Curia. The...
View ArticleCardinal Ravasi Led Pope, Curia on Pilgrimage in Search of God’s Face
In his meditations during the Lenten spiritual exercises, attended by the Pope and the Roman Curia, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi undertook a "pilgrimage" in search of the face of God. The cardinal...
View ArticleHeads of Roman Curia Provisionally Confirmed
The Vatican announced Friday in a simple statement that the heads and members of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia have been provisionally confirmed. At the beginning of the "sede vacante," these...
View ArticleCuria and Curiouser
One of the narratives I keep hearing repeated regarding Pope Francis’ papacy is the reform of the Curia. This keeps getting repeated like this is the highest priority and of the upmost importance. Now...
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Cardinal Grocholewski: This Will Be a Great Pontificate
Polish Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, 72, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, began to work in the Roman Curia before John Paul II. Tuesday, after the Mass of the inauguration of the...
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Can Pope Francis deal with toxic contamination of the Curia?
by Elise Hilton Click "like" to support Catholics Restoring the Culture! ROME, March 22, 2013 (Acton Institute) - The bureaucracy of the Roman Curia is nothing new. When Pope John XXIII was asked how...
View ArticlePope Appoints Top Franciscan to Religious Life Department
By DAVID UEBBING/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis made his first appointment within the Roman Curia this morning, choosing his friend, Franciscan Father José Rodríguez Carballo, to help run...
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Pope Appoints Consultative Committee on Reforming Curia
By Edward Pentin | Pope Francis today appointed a group of cardinals to advise him on Church government and to study a plan for revising the Apostolic Constitution on the Roman Curia, 'Pastor Bonus',...
View ArticlePope Appoints Select Panel to Address Concerns Regarding the Curia
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has signaled his intention to reform the Roman Curia and possibly lessen the powers of the Secretariat of State by creating a consultative committee of...
View ArticleAdvisory group will not weaken Pope’s power, analyst explains
Vatican City, Apr 16, 2013 / 01:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Although some have worried Pope Francis’ creation of a group of cardinals to advise him means he is giving up some of his papal authority, an...
View ArticleCuria Officials to View Documentary on Evangelization Synod
Canada's Salt and Light Television will premiere its latest documentary "Go and Teach: Inside the Synod on the New Evangelization" during a special viewing by the Roman Curia on Wednesday. The event...
View ArticleHoly See Announces Curial Appointments
On Saturday, the Holy See announced several changes, appointments and confirmations in the Roman Curia made by Pope Francis. The Holy Father accepted the resignation of the Major Penitentiary,...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Curial Reform Ramping Up
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — The past week has seen the first major movements of Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia, a process that is expected to begin in earnest in early October. The...
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Pope shares desire to guide Church to humble service, dialogue
Rome, Italy, Oct 2, 2013 / 01:39 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- In a recent interview, Pope Francis shared his vision of a poor, missionary Church that dialogues with the world and serves the needs of the...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals Recommends Extensive Vatican Shake-Up
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — At the end of their first three-day meeting to examine Church governance and reform of the Roman Curia, members of a select “Council of Cardinals” have recommended...
View ArticlePope Francis And Heads of Roman Curia To Attend Spiritual Exercises Next Year
The Holy See Press Office confirmed media reports on the first Spiritual Exercises that Pope Francis will participate in along with the heads of several dicasteries of the Roman Curia. A report by...
View ArticleCuria Reform Could Increase Congregations, Reduce Pontifical Councils
By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ reform of the Roman Curia is expected to produce a new document regulating the body, and to reduce the number of Pontifical Councils,...
View ArticleCardinal Reassures Traditional Catholics
A retired cardinal of the Roman Curia has reassured a group of traditional Catholics that Pope Francis has no intention of restricting the Extraordinary Form of the Latin liturgy. Also known as the...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals Begin Second Set of Meetings in Rome
An examination of the workings of the Roman Curia was the first order of business for the Council of Cardinals whose members met today. This is the second set of meetings held by the eight-member...
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Council of cardinals begins second meeting on curial reform
Vatican City, Dec 3, 2013 / 01:53 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met with the group of eight cardinals advising him on the reform of the Roman Curia and the government of the church this morning,...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals Commences Second Meeting on Curial Reform
By CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met with the group of eight cardinals advising him on the reform of the Roman Curia and the government of the Church this morning, initiating the...
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Pope Instructs Senior Curial Officials to Regularly Hear Confessions
Pope Francis has personally directed cardinals and archbishops of the Roman Curia to take turns hearing daily confessions in a church near the Vatican. The parish priest of Santo Spirito in Sassia,...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Christmas Address to the Roman Curia
At 11am Dec. 21, Pope Francis received in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace the Cardinals, Superiors and Officials of the Roman Curia to offer them his traditional Christmas greetings. ---...
View ArticlePope Francis’ Address During Audience with the Roman Curia
Here is the translation of the Holy Father's address during his audience with the Roman Curia for their annual Christmas greeting to the Pope. * * * Your Eminences, Dear Brother Bishops and Priests,...
View ArticlePope to Roman Curia: ‘Be Conscientious Objectors to Gossip’
During an audience with the staff of the Roman Curia, Pope Francis reflected on the three hallmarks of Curial officials: professionalism, service, and holiness in life. The Roman Curia traditionally...
View ArticleVatican Secretariat of State to undergo ‘pastoral conversion’
Vatican City, Feb 11, 2014 / 10:35 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Archbishop Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State at the Vatican, said in a recent interview that under Pope Francis’ reform, his department will...
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"G8" Council of Cardinals Begins Third Meeting in Rome
Reform of economic and organizational structures of the Holy See was the first order of business for the College of Cardinals today in Rome. This is the third such meeting of the eight-member council,...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals Present Proposals to Pope
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — The eight-member Council of Cardinals, set up by Pope Francis to advise him on Church governance and reform of the Roman Curia, has presented preliminary proposals to...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals Presents Proposals to Pope
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — The eight-member council of cardinals set up by Pope Francis to advise him on Church governance and reform of the Roman Curia has presented preliminary proposals to...
View ArticleCardinal Burke Praises Pope Francis’ Efforts to Re-Christianize the West
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — The most senior U.S. official in the Roman Curia has said Pope Francis is seeking to remove obstacles to Christ so the faithful can redouble their efforts for the New...
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Pope, Curia to Begin Spiritual Exercises on Sunday
This Sunday, the first Sunday of Lent, the Pope and the Roman Curia will begin their spiritual exercises. The meditations will be led by Fr. Angelo De Donatis, parish of San Marco Evangelista in...
View ArticleDay 3 of Papal Retreat
Day three of the retreat of the Roman Curia in Ariccia Man is like a pomegranate: inside he contains many tiny fleshy seeds, like the many elements of creation. God mixed them all together and...
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Spiritual Exercises for Pope and Curia Conclude
Five days of spiritual exercises for the Pope and the Roman Curia, held in the Casa del Divin Maestro in Ariccia near Rome, came to an end this morning with a song of praise and the final meditation....
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The Pope’s Retreat with the Curia, St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises and...
Pope Francis yesterday observed the first anniversary of his pontificate in the silence of a spiritual retreat, accompanied by Cardinals, Bishops and priests of the Roman Curia. Were they taking part...
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Pope Gathers Curia Leaders to Discuss Implementation of Evangelii Gaudium
According to a communique issued today by the Vatican press office, Pope Francis presided at a meeting of the heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia this morning. The meeting focused on the...
View ArticleArchbishop Tobin Appointed to Vatican Religious Congregation
By CNA/EWTN NEWS | INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Pope Francis has named Archbishop Joseph Tobin of Indianapolis as a member of the congregation of the Roman Curia that oversees vowed religious life. “Together...
View ArticleCouncil of Cardinals Now Meeting for Fourth Session
By ANDREA GAGLIARDUCCI/CNA/EWTN NEWS | VATICAN CITY — The latest meeting of the group of eight cardinals advising Pope Francis on the reform of the Roman Curia began Monday, and will continue for the...
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Pope: Council for the Economy Offers a "Fundamental Contribution" to Roman...
Pope Francis has received in audience the members of the Council for the Economy on the occasion of their first meeting at the Vatican this morning. Underlining the Church's “awareness of her...
View ArticleAuthor Discusses ‘The Vatican According to Francis’
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — What impact is a Latin American Pope having on a Roman Curia heavily influenced by Italians? Massimo Franco, a senior correspondent with Italy’s daily newspaper...
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