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News from the Vatican often refers to "dicasteries" doing various things and issuing documents. What are they, and what does this name mean?

Pope Francis delivered an address before praying the Regina Caeli on Divine Mercy Sunday April 16, 2023. / Vatican MediaRome Newsroom, Apr 18, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).By deciding to leave the hospital as soon as possible last month and immediately showing himself standing and not in a wheelchair, Pope Francis wanted to send out two signals. The first is that, despite the infirmities of his age, he still manages and intends to govern, and therefore one should not even think of a shadow papacy. The second is that no one can decide how the liturgies will be managed.Indeed, during Pope Francis' hosp...

ANALYSIS: Currently, there are 123 cardinal electors; of these, 81 (65%) were created by Pope Francis.

Pope Francis with members of the Roman Curia, Dec. 23, 2021. / Vatican Media.Vatican City, Mar 21, 2022 / 06:00 am (CNA).The new Vatican constitution unveiled by Pope Francis on Saturday is, at first sight, a pastoral turning point.There are many indications of this. There is the title of the document itself: Praedicate evangelium ("Preach the Gospel"), which emphasizes that the reform is geared toward evangelization. The pope becomes the prefect of the new Dicastery for Evangelization, now the first dicastery of the Curia.The document also highlights the role of local bishops' confe...

On the question of curial reform, current Vatican rhetoric does not match reality.