Curial reform

Curial aide says reform is about mission, not doctrine
- Vatican
- Jun 27, 2019
Bishop Marcello Semeraro, who serves as secretary to Pope Francis’s council of cardinal advisors, said Thursday that, doctrine alone is no longer enough to reach an increasingly post-Christian world.
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Vatican spokespersons resign in latest comms shake-up
- Vatican
- Dec 31, 2018
The two spokespersons for Pope Francis, veteran American journalist Greg Burke and Spaniard Paloma García Ovejero, have resigned their posts.
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Decentralization, simplification heart of curial reform, official says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- Nov 13, 2018
Pope Francis’s call for a missionary church that is focused on preaching the Gospel will be the guiding principle of the apostolic constitution that will govern the Roman Curia, the secretary of the pope’s international Council of Cardinals said.
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Scottish prelate voices shame, resolve on sex abuse crisis
- Church in UK and Ireland, Vatican
- Oct 1, 2018
With clerical abuse scandals rocking the Catholic Church from all corners of the globe, Scottish Archbishop Leo Cushley said that as someone who has given his life to the institution, he is ashamed of the crisis, but believes that progress is being made.
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Pope calls meeting with heads of all bishops’ conferences to address abuse crisis
- Vatican
- Sep 12, 2018
In wake of recent abuse scandals which have scarred the Church and his own papacy in recent months, Pope Francis has asked all presidents of bishops’ conferences around the world to travel to Rome for a special meeting to address the crisis.
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Errázuriz pulls out of C9 meetings due to ‘unforeseen events’ in Chile
- Vatican
- Sep 11, 2018
Chilean Cardinal Francisco Errázuriz, a close papal advisor who is facing fierce backlash over allegations that he covered up for the country’s most notorious abuser priest, will not be participating in this week’s round of advisory meetings in Rome.
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