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Pope Francis' reform of the Roman Curia emphasizes work in the Vatican as a service not only to the pope, but also to dioceses and eparchies and bishops and bishops' conferences around the world.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis reform of the Roman Curia emphasizes work in the Vatican as a service not only to the pope, but also to dioceses and eparchies and bishops and bishops conferences around the world. The Roman Curia is not set between the pope and the bishops, but is at the service of both, the pope wrote in Praedicate Evangelium (Preach the Gospel), his apostolic constitution reforming the Curia. The work of the Curia, he said, is organically related to the College of B

Pope Francis ordered changes to the structure of a foundation established by St. John Paul II 30 years ago

The Roman Curia is not set between the pope and the bishops, but is at the service of both, the pope wrote

Pope Francis has suppressed the Populorum Progressio Foundation, handing over the mission of a renamed Populorum Progressio Fund to the Latin American bishops’ conference, CELAM.

Saying he wanted to promote even "stronger links" between the dioceses of Latin America and the Caribbean and the poorest people in their terr...