Curia
Pope cracks down on new Catholic religious start-ups
By Nicole Winfield — June 15, 2022
ROME (AP) — Francis issued a new decree that requires prior Vatican approval for bishops to erect new associations of the faithful, often the first step in the creation of a new apostolic society or institute of consecrate life.
Pope Francis softens tone in address to Vatican staff
By Rosie Scammell — February 22, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) He previously accused them of “spiritual Alzheimer’s” and listed a “catalog of illnesses” at the heart of the Holy See.
Journalist in leaks case denounces Vatican law, says it infringes on freedom of expression
By Rosie Scammell — November 17, 2015
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Emiliano Fittipaldi is accused of crimes against the Vatican City State and its security, part of a 2013 decree by Pope Francis intended to prevent documents from being leaked.
Catholic cardinals try to soften Pope Francis’ harsh message
By Josephine McKenna — December 24, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Cardinal Walter Kasper said the pope was like “a Jesuit spiritual guide” and wanted senior clerics to reactivate their “evangelical spirit.”
Video: Kevin Eckstrom on PBS NewsHour
By Sally Morrow — December 23, 2014
Religion News Service Editor-in-Chief Kevin Eckstrom talks to Gwen Ifill on PBS NewsHour on Monday night about Pope Francis' latest diagnosis of the ills that ail the Catholic Church.
The doctor is in: Pope Francis’ list of 15 diseases that ail the church
By Josephine McKenna — December 22, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Part psychologist, part oncologist, here's Pope Francis' diagnosis for what ails the church's central bureaucracy.
Pope Francis to Curia: Merry Christmas, you power-hungry hypocrites
By Josephine McKenna — December 22, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Francis attacked the “terrorism of gossip” and the danger of cliques that "enslave their members and become a cancer that threatens the harmony of the body" and eventually kill it by "friendly fire."
Vatican says bureaucratic reforms won’t happen until 2015
By Josephine McKenna — April 29, 2014
VATICAN CITY (RNS) "There is much work ahead, so we can expect it to be done not this year but the next," said the Vatican's chief spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi.
Pope kicks off reform mission in meeting with Vatican department heads
By Alessandro Speciale — September 10, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis' meeting on Tuesday with the heads of all Vatican departments signals the kickoff to a reform campaign six months after he was elected with a mandate to bring the church's central bureaucracy in line.
Pope Francis taps diplomat Pietro Parolin as Vatican’s new ‘prime minister’
By Alessandro Speciale — August 31, 2013
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis' new Secretary of State will replace Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, a trusted aide of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI who had been blamed for the mismanagement and scandals that plagued the Vatican in recent years.
Pope creates commission to review scandal-plagued Vatican Bank
By Alessandro Speciale — June 26, 2013
(RNS) A new commission created by Pope Francis will have the power to access the bank's data and documents, trumping the secrecy that historically shrouded its operations.
ANALYSIS: White smoke, black pope? The odds against an ‘Obama moment’
By David Gibson — February 21, 2013
(RNS) Will the conclave electing a successor to Pope Benedict XVI next month have an "Obama moment'' and pick a pope from outside Europe for the first time in modern history? Several factors are working against it.
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