VATICAN CITY
National Catholic Reporter
Joshua J. McElwee | Apr. 13, 2016
VATICAN CITY
The nine cardinals advising Pope Francis on reforming the Catholic church’s central bureaucracy have begun to organize a general overview for the full restructuring of what is commonly called the Roman Curia, the Vatican’s main spokesman said Wednesday.
Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi said the cardinals are now putting together their thoughts after doing an office-by-office review of the Vatican bureaucracy in hopes of creating a new general constitution outlining a reimagined curial organizational structure.
The cardinals are working “to construct the advice the council will give to the pope in view of the new constitution,” said Lombardi.
The Council has been meeting with the pope in Rome Monday through Wednesday for the 14th of its in-person meetings. The only American serving on the Council is Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley.
Lombardi said the group had finalized pending plans for the creation of two new Vatican offices, and had also discussed the way in which Catholic bishops are chosen for positions leading dioceses around the world.
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