VATICAN CITY
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Vatican City, Apr 17, 2015 / 12:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Already two years into the reform process of the Roman Curia, progress might seem slow. But cardinals on the Pope’s advisory council say efforts – which may soon include new “super” congregations – are moving forward at a normal pace.
“Reform will take time,” stressed Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga April 15.
Cardinal Maradiaga is part of the nine-member Council of Cardinal Advisors instituted by Pope Francis shortly after his election, to aid him in governing the Church and to reform the Roman Curia.
The Curia is currently ordered by “Pastor bonus,” the apostolic constitution issued by Bl. John Paul II in 1988 which regulates and defines the charges, duties and composition of the offices of the Vatican administration. The Council of Cardinals is now working to prepare a new constitution to govern the body.
Cardinal Maradiaga noted that “Pastor bonus” took several years to implement. “We cannot suppose (a new constitution) is going to be accomplished in short time.”
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