Word: curiae
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congratulations for your splendid, well-measured story on the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church [March 30]. I have never read such a panoramic view of the Curia...
...your article on the cardinals [March 30], one caption reads, "Mass was sung for Cardinal Muench of Milwaukee." That should read "of Fargo." Muench was Bishop of Fargo from 1935 to 1959, when he became a member of the Curia in Rome...
...XXIII has done much to internationalize the College of Cardinals, by giving Japan, Uruguay, Mexico, Venezuela and the Philippines their first red hats. But he has also placated conservatives by rewarding a flock of little-known Vatican veterans for their loyal service, done nothing to internationalize control of the Curia...
...Curia's Critics. Although non-Italian cardinals are all formally assigned to congregations, few enjoy sitting in on the daily work when they are in Rome. Resident professionals often resent the presence of outsiders, conduct all business in Italian, a language that their visitor may not understand. Since nearly all dioceses in the world are short of priests, bishops are reluctant to let their best men work in the Vatican. Moreover, few non-Italian priests want to give up the hope of becoming a bishop for the life of a church bureaucrat. "I'd rather be a bishop...
Seeming to stress the Roman more than the Catholic, the College of Cardinals and the Curia it operates have come in for sharp criticism from some Catholics, and suggestions for a bureaucratic reform have been sent in by non-Italian bishops for inclusion on the agenda of the Vatican Council. One of the most common requests : more freedom for diocesan bishops to adapt church practices to the needs of their people. One of the sharpest attacks in recent years came from Italian Jesuit Riccardo Lombardi (TIME, Feb. 2), who urged that Curia officials step down after reaching a mandatory retirement...