Cardinal Robert McElroy reflects on receiving the red hat from Pope Francis and discusses the points of consensus as well as disagreement at the first worldwide meeting of cardinals since 2014.

Pope Francis opened a two-day meeting of almost 200 cardinals this morning, Aug. 29, to discuss “Predicate Evangelium,” the constitution for the reform of the Roman Curia.

This year could see sweeping changes at the top of the curia, even without the publication of the long-awaited new Vatican constitution expected to be called "Predicate evangelium." The dome of St ...

In Predicate Evangelium, Pope Francis took a step toward distancing Holy Orders from the governing authority of the Roman Curia, stressing a separation of Holy Orders from governance roles, ...

Among the novelties announced in "Predicate evangelium" is then the idea that the management of the Vatican departments should no longer be the prerogative only of the pope, ...

This is the case, for example, with the Dicastery for Evangelization, which, under Predicate Evangelium, is directly led by the pope as prefect, but is administered by two pro-prefects overseeing ...

Pope Francis’ cardinal advisers heard a testimony from a Franciscan sister from the Brazilian Amazon this week as the council continues to discuss the role of women in the Church.