Should the removal of Cardinal Burke to this largely ceremonial position come to pass, this will bring the number of Curial "ratzingerians" moved to lesser positions, or transferred outside the Curia altogether, to six: Cardinal Canizares Llovera (transferred back to Spain at his own request), Cardinal Piacenza (removed from the Congregation for the Clergy and now the Penitentiary Major of the Apostolic Penitentiary), Archbishop Guido Pozzo (moved from Almoner to His Holiness back to his old post of "Secretary" of the Pontifical Commission Ecclesia Dei, a position not previously held by bishops), Bishop Giuseppe Sciacca (once the Secretary-General of the Governatorate of Vatican City State, and now the Assistant or Adjunct Secretary -- lower than "Secretary" -- of the Apostolic Signatura), and Archbishop Augustine Di Noia OP (formerly holding the rank of "Vice President" of PCED, and now only the Assistant or Adjunct Secretary of the CDF. He was already previously the Secretary of a Congregation, the CDW.) There is also the impending movement of a seventh "Ratzingerian", Archbishop Celso Morga, back to a Spanish diocese (not necessarily of Archdiocesan rank). Additionally, Cardinal Bagnasco, the Ratzinger-appointed president of the Italian Episcopal Conference, has become a zombie-chairman after Francis' appointment of the new Secretary-General, Bishop Nunzio Galantino.

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