Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals met for the thirty-second time in early December to continue drafting the guiding document of the Roman Curia — the apostolic constitution with the working title Praedicate Evangelium. The constitution is expected to place evangelization at the
The Church has always been intensely concerned about holding, preserving and sharing what it believes to be revealed truth about God and the meaning of life. Russell Shaw writes that the reorganization of the Roman Curia to merge two existing evangelization dicasteries
The proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the Roman Curia is expected to emphasize the church's missionary mandate with the creation of a "super-dicastery" merging two offices dedicated to evangelization.
A draft of the proposed apostolic constitution for reforming and governing the Roman Curia will soon be sent out to leaders of the world's bishops' conferences, religious orders and some pontifical universities for their observations and suggestions.