{"id":3442,"date":"2005-08-23T10:02:57","date_gmt":"2005-08-23T10:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/curial-changes-in-the-air.html"},"modified":"2005-08-23T10:02:57","modified_gmt":"2005-08-23T10:02:57","slug":"curial-changes-in-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/08\/curial-changes-in-the-air.html","title":{"rendered":"Curial Changes in the air?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Papabile<\/a> says:<\/p>\n

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The first ten days of September will leave everyone’s head spinning. There’s a major reorg coming….<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Whispers concurs:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Combine those with reports from three continents that certain prelates have already been given happy news and are preparing for new assignments in Rome, and you can see — again — that something BIG is afoot. The strategy at work here is to have it done early and done quickly, lest everyone get too comfortable at their desks coming back from vacation….<\/p>\n

What’s more, as the dicastery heads are all ex officio<\/span> members of the Synod of Bishops, it just makes better sense for the New Curia to be appointed prior to the 2 October opening of the Synod on the Eucharist, so the incoming prefects and presidents can take their seats in the Hall and be able to mix it up the bishop-delegates coming to town from around the world. Encouraging good working relationships is what you do when you want your bureaucracy to be a collegial one, and the Pope has explicitly given his commitment to that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Oh, and Vaticanisti wonders about the nominee to be the new US ambassador to the Vatican, wondering bluntly, "Who is this guy?"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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