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Pope Francis receives his ring from Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican March 19, 2013. (CNS/Paul Haring)

Pope Francis' reforms make the heresy-hunting Vatican of John Paul II barely recognizable

Pope Francis' new constitution for the Roman Curia, Praedicate Evangelium, is a reform aimed at nothing less than a conversion of the way power is exercised in and from Rome, and by extension in the global Catholic Church.

Austen Ivereigh

Hikers walk past a field of wild narcissi flowers in the Eifel region close to the German-Belgian border, April 16, near Höfen, Germany. The Vatican has consulted with many people around the world for its Laudato Si' Action Platform, which launches in Oct

Pope Francis' reforms make the heresy-hunting Vatican of John Paul II barely recognizable

Working groups help Vatican prepare Laudato Si' Action Platform for launch

World's superiors general to ask for greater women's voice at synod

Synod to prepare young Catholics for discernment, future

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