With the reform, it was thought that Monsignor Visioli would be promoted to Secretary. Since 2017, Visioli has been Number 3 in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. That the undersecretaries are destined to return to their diocese seems evident from the fate of another undersecretary, Monsignor Matteo Visioli.
Archbishop Vincenzo Zani is still waiting for a new position, while it seems that the undersecretary, Monsignor Friedrich Bechina, will be sent back to his home diocese. Moreover, the secretary and undersecretary of the Congregation for Catholic Education have ceased their office.
The responsibilities of the previous heads have not been defined, even if it is logical that Versaldi is the one who, for now, continues to lead the Dicastery. Not only has no successor been formally appointed yet. Ravasi will turn 80 on October 18, while Versaldi turned 79 on June 29. The prefect of the Congregation is Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, while the President of the Pontifical Council is Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. Now, as we know, after Praedicate Evangelium came into force, Pope Francis did not immediately proceed with naming or appointing the heads of dicasteries.įor example, the Dicastery for Education and Culture is the result of a merger between the Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Culture. In fact, these two criteria are dominating the reshuffle of the Roman Curia. In other words, the pope argued he was restricting the celebration of the ancient liturgy to avoid what he sees as a tendency to go “backward.” This thinking appears to guide his choice of appointments in the Vatican. Pope Francis has repeatedly spoken of the risk of “ backwardness” (looking backward, in Italian ‘indietrismo’) and defended his decision to restrict the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) as a “necessity.” On the other hand, the question of Traditionis Custodes is more complex. Others are called to leave Rome because they have completed the reform’s five-year mandate, and their role has not been renewed. This motu proprio restricts the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass after Benedict XVI had liberalized it.Īs a result of the reform of the Curia, several priests who served in the Vatican’s dicasteries no longer have a position there. And secondly, the publication of Traditionis Custodes. The new round of promotions and demotions in the Vatican is the consequence of two decisions recently taken by Pope Francis: Firstly, the publication of the apostolic constitution Praedicate Evangelium, which regulates the functions and tasks of the Roman Curia.
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