Pope Leo sets the tone while maintaining Francis’s mission to reform Curia

As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new role on the Throne of Peter, early indications suggest that he will respect and maintain the direction of his predecessor’s reforms for the Roman Curia, but will do so with a much softer tone.

Over the past week, the Pope has met with two different groupings of the most significant curial and diplomatic bodies of the Holy See: papal diplomatic representatives and employees and officials of the Secretariat of State, and he has also celebrated a broader Jubilee of the Holy See.