Praedicate evangelium

Praedicate evangelium is an upcoming apostolic constitution that will reform the Roman Curia under Pope Francis.[1]

Once approved, Predicate evangelium will replace Pastor bonus.[2] Predicate evangelium is a provisional title.[3]

History

The Council of Cardinals was established in 2013 by Pope Francis to revise Pastor bonus. However, at its first meeting the council decided the changes planned were important enough to deserve an entirely new constitution. The council has been working on the new constitution since 2014.[4]

The first draft of the constitution was approved by the Council of Cardinals in 2018.[5]

The draft of the constitution "was sent to the heads of current Vatican offices, bishops' conferences around the world and other experts in the spring of 2019."[6]

In October 2020, after Pope Francis met online with the Council of Cardinals, the Holy See announced via an official communiqué that the updated draft of the constitution "was presented to the Holy Father. According to the usual practice, the competent Dicasteries are now proceeding with the reading of the draft." The communiqué also said the Pope had stated that the reform coming with the constitution "is already underway, also in some administrative and economic aspects"[7][2][6]

In December 2020, the Council of Cardinals met online to continue the work on the constitution. The commission namely studied the amendment propositions made by the consulted dicasteries. The next meeting is scheduled to take place in February 2021.[8][4]

Cardinal Parolin said in a 29 January 2021 interview that "he believed that 'considerable progress' had already been made in the pope's reform of the Roman Curia, particularly with regard to Vatican finances, pointing to the creation of the Council for the Economy, the Secretariat for the Economy, and the Office of the Revisor [i.e. Auditor] General." Parolin adds that some reforms he considers minor might happen in the form of two fusions of dicasteries: the fusion of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples with the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, and the fusion of the Congregation for Catholic Education with the Pontifical Council for Culture. He says that "Now it is a question of giving homogeneity to all the reforms which have been made, by means of the new apostolic constitution which has for at least provisional title: 'Predicate Evangelii [sic].'" He stated that the new apostolic constitution was mostly finished andwould be published "before the end of this year."[9]

See also

References
  1. "Analysis: New Vatican constitution to centralize power in state secretariat". catholicnewsagency.com. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. "Pope to C6: Apostolic Constitution reform already underway". Vatican News. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. Brockhaus, Hannah (4 December 2019). "Release of new curial constitution delayed again". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  4. Brockhaus, Hannah (2 December 2020). "Council of Cardinals studies suggested amendments to draft of Vatican constitution". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. Harris, Elise (13 June 2018). "Papal advisors finish first draft of new constitution on the Roman Curia". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  6. "Pope, Council of Cardinals meet online to discuss Curia reform". National Catholic Reporter. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  7. "Comunicato della Sala Stampa della Santa Sede, 13.10.2020". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  8. "Council of Cardinals reflects on life of the Church in midst of pandemic". Vatican News. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  9. Mares, Courtney. "Cardinal Parolin on Vatican finances: 'Talking about a crisis is a bit excessive'". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
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