Pope Yet To Re-Appoint Curia

From Rocco Palmo. Excerpts:

...Full as the day's been, however, one key order of business was notably left undone. 

As the heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia all lost their posts at the sede vacante, the group of prefects and presidents must be reconfirmed by the new pontiff for the governance of the church to be resumed.

While past Popes have traditionally made the pro forma act within 24 hours of their election, this time it remains conspicuous by its absence. (The officials may subsequently be replaced at any time, as they serve at the pleasure of the pontiff.)

Then again, considering the in-house storm that preceded the Conclave, perhaps there's an explanation for the delay – namely, that Francis' sudden turn-up at the check-in counter won't be the biggest of his early surprises...

It's kind of an answer to this rather astonishing article.

Update:  And, to judge by this interview with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the new Holy Father has a plan.  Excerpts:

...So why is he beaming? Because he is not pope – he’s relieved he did not get the big job – and because the man who beat him, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis, told him something Friday, when he greeted all 208 cardinals, that made him think theirs would be strong partnership.

“We all went to greet him personally,” Cardinal Ouellet, 67, said in an interview with The Globe and Mail. “I was near the end of the line and I thought I would just greet him – 10 seconds – but he stopped me and he spoke to me for a minute or two, because he had something to ask me, very concrete and related to my dicastery [a department of the Roman Curia overseeing the selection of bishops] and I said, ‘Okay, I will do it.’ I did not expect that and I was happy. I took it as a vote of confidence.”

What did the pope offer? Cardinal Ouellet will not say, though his smile suggests that he might thrive under Pope Francis, even if so many others will not as the Vatican hierarchy faces its inevitable shakeup...

Will Francis be the pope to reform the scandal-prone Curia?
I think so. He is a man of governance. What he asked me [this morning] made me think this man knows where he goes and there is a determination. We need a man who is really attentive to people but able to make a clear decision. If it is necessary to change personnel, he will do it. I am talking in general. I think he has the temper to reform the governance of the church...

Update II:  He's reappointed the Curia "for now."  Excerpt:

...Curia Officials Reappointed — But Only “Temporarily”

Another important decision was announced today. Pope Francis reconfirmed all the heads of the Vatican Curia offices. But he did so only “donec aliter provideatur” (“until otherwise it may be provided” or “until other decisions are taken” or, perhaps most simply, “just for now”).

And in taking this decision, Francis was following tradition.

All new Popes restore their curial officials a day or two after their election, so that the Curia, which is “zeroed out” at the departure of one Pope, can be restored to a functioning body.

So, he followed tradition — but the phrasing of the decision means that, sometime soon, he is leaving the door still open to radical personnel changes in the Curia. It is just that he has not yet had time to take those decisions.

If he does not take such decisions within a few weeks, or months, that would suggest there is not going to be a “clean sweep” of the Curia.
So we do not yet know what Francis will do regarding the Curia.

Here is the official announcement in Italian, with the words “donec aliter provideatur” bold-faced:

COMUNICATO
Il Santo Padre Francesco ha espresso la volontà che i Capi e i Membri dei Dicasteri della Curia Romana, come pure i Segretari, nonché il Presidente della Pontificia Commissione dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, proseguano, provvisoriamente, nei rispettivi incarichi donec aliter provideatur.

Il Santo Padre desidera, infatti, riservarsi un certo tempo per la riflessione, la preghiera e il dialogo, prima di qualunque nomina o conferma definitiva.

Bollettino Ufficiale Santa Sede (16 marzo 2013)