VATICAN CITY
Cardinal Roger Mahony Blogs LA
Now that Pope Frances has been elected, and has concluded his Mass of Inauguration in St. Peter’s Square, the really difficult work awaits him.
He has several key and meaningful appointments to make, and he needs to make them very soon: the first and most important will include the Secretary of State, Substitute Secretary of State, Priest Secretaries, and Prefect of the Papal Household.
Pope Frances knows well that one of the major themes during the ten General Congregations of the Cardinals prior to the Conclave was the reform of the Vatican Curia. Reform will only take place with the appointment of top collaborators with the Pope–and soon. The longer he waits, the greater the danger that the current leadership may feel that they will remain in their jobs and will function as in the past. But the world’s Cardinals want something else.
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