"Massimo Faggioli presents the historical and theological context for intelligently understanding Pope Francis’s reform of the Roman Curia, an institution many popes have tried to reform with limited success."
Thomas J. Reese, SJ
"Professor Faggioli offers a valuable and well-informed historical and theological appraisal of Pope Francis’s reform of the Roman Curia and its implications for a new structure of service for a more missionary church. He skillfully situates his assessment of Praedicate Evangelium in the historical and theological reform of the Curia beginning in 1588 with Pope Sixtus through the election of Pope Francis. The author demonstrates how the apostolic constitution reflects Pope Francis’s vision of the church and the ecclesiology of Vatican Council II considering a more global church 'walking together' in synodality. Structured on Francis’s core values of service to the pope, co-responsibility, and service to the ministry of bishops, local churches, and episcopal conferences, Praedicate Evangelium presents a blueprint for reform that calls for structural change as well as spiritual and cultural conversion."
Sharon Euart, RSM, JCD, Executive Director, Resource Center for Religious Institutes
"The new legislation on the organization of the Roman Curia, put in place by Pope Francis, is yet another step in its evolution. Massimo Faggioli puts this reform in a historical-theological context and immerses his readership in a breathtaking crash course on the development of this centuries old institution and the problems that are inherent to its functioning."
Kurt Martens, The Catholic University of America
"A very focused text analysis of a particular document written by an author with an extensive background in Church history. It is an engaging text that brings together both the seriousness of historical analysis with some gossipy, if you will, pieces."
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