The talk last week was all about the impending reform of the Roman Curia, to be accomplished – on paper, at any rate – by way of an apostolic constitution, Praedicate Evangelium, the contents of which were previewed in an article published Saturday by Spain’s leading Catholic weekly, Vida Nueva.
The major development was pride of place for the new “super-dicastery” dedicated to evangelisation. Putting the evangelisation department in first place among the curial departments means the demotion of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), which previously held the top spot. Other elements of the reorganisation include the elevation of the office of the Papal Almoner to a full dicastery and the integration of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors within the curial system. All this received ample treatment over the past two weeks.
