Randazzo to the Dicastery for Legislative Texts: Leo XIV’s choice to restore the role of law in the Church

Vatican City - This morning Leo XIV made another appointment within the Roman Curia. It is a significant appointment, particularly at a time when the Curia is returning to proper functioning, resuming its work and exercising a concrete role in the governance of the Church.
As is well known, beyond Francis’ decision with Praedicate Evangelium to transform the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts into a Dicastery, this body was never truly listened to, and decisions were taken without genuine consultation of its Prefect, Filippo Iannone. On the one hand, therefore, Francis continued to implement reforms; on the other, the competent body in this field was not involved. Leo XIV, as has already been observed on several occasions, does not intend to govern in this manner. He wants each body to contribute to the governance of the Church in a genuinely synodal spirit and, above all, he wants every person entrusted with an office in the Curia to possess the necessary competence …