VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis introduced a landmark reform on Saturday (March 19) that will allow any baptised lay Catholic, including women, to head most Vatican departments under a new constitution for the Holy See's central administration. For centuries, the departments have been headed by male clerics, usually cardinals or bishops, but that could change from June 5 when the.
Pope Francis on Saturday issued a new constitution for the Vatican s central administration, known as the Curia, stating that any baptized lay Catholic, including women, can head Vatican departments.