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5 November 2018

Vatican reorganization would be 'decisive shift,' says Cardinal Gracias

New document outlining Vatican bureaucracy said to call for service to local churches. Pope Francis' advisory Council of Cardinals has suggested that the pontiff reorganize the Vatican to make a "decisive shift" toward putting the city-state at the service of local Catholic dioceses around the world, said one of the council's nine members. Indian Cardinal Oswald Gracias said "the thrust" of a new document outlining the shape of the Vatican bureaucracy, which the council is finishing after five years of work, will be a "service to the local churches."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/vatican-reorganization-would-be-decisive-shift-says-cardinal-gracias