There are many pending issues in the planned reform of the Roman Curia, which is a rather complex matter. It has almost two hundred articles, plus a lengthy preamble. Little is known about what will finally be approved. In any case, there are a number of issues that will have to be faced:

 

a) What should be the role of the administrative office of State. Should it be an internal coordination written request , as it has been up to now, or should it opt for the autonomy of each dicastery to turn to the Pope.

 

b) The temporality of the offices. Pastor Bonus provides that the heads of the dicasteries cease at 75 years of age and the members at 80, but little more is said about the excessive issue number of years that many priests remain in the dicasteries of the Curia.

c) How the participation of fi ells who have not received the sacrament of Holy Orders in the dicasteries of the Curia will be resolved: whether it will be as timid as now or whether more avenues will be opened, also for women, along the lines of the Pope's wishes regarding the presence of women in the organs of authority.

d) How to reduce the number of dicasteries issue , in view of the fact that the pontifical councils of a pastoral nature have grown too much. It is possible that some of them will be suppressed or merged. At the same time, everything seems to indicate that the role of the committee Pontifical Council for the Laity will be strengthened. 

 

e) There are other fundamental questions, such as the need for the curia to reflect the universality of the Church in its composition, as well as how to avoid careerism and cordata, how to effectively ensure that the curia is, on the one hand, an instrument of financial aid and direct service to the Pope and, on the other hand, an effective written request of partnership with the churches.