Reform of the Roman Curia: Will Pope Francis be able to do it?

Witness has consistently argued that any effective reform of the corruption and operations of The Holy See can only come with changes to Pastor bonus - the document that places virtually all power into the hands of the Secretariat of State. After reforming the Curia, we can only hope that an ad hoc committee will be formed in like manner to reform corruption and operations at the diocesan level. 

From Rome: 

In a communique issued Saturday the Secretariat of State announced that the Holy Father decided to set up the Council following on from discussions that emerged during the General Congregations in the lead up to the Conclave which elected him the 265^th Successor to St Peter.
The group of Cardinals will be coordinated by Card. Oscar Andrés Maradiaga Rodríguez and is drawn from across the Universal Church. It will also help Pope Francis revise the Apostolic Consitution on the Roman Curia Pastor bonus. 

The group is composed of : 
Card. Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State; 
Card. Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa, Archbishop emeritus of Santiago del Cile (Chile);
Card. Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay (India); 
Card. Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of München und Freising (Germany);
Card. Laurent Monswengo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo);Card. Sean Patrick O’Malley. O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Boston (U.S.A.);
Card. George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney (Australia);
Card. Oscar Andrés Maradiaga Rodríguez S.D.B., Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras); 
Mons. Marcello Semeraro, Bishop of Albano, Council secretary.


The first meeting of the Council will take place October 1-3, 2013. Pope Francis however is already in contact with all of the above mentioned Cardinals.