If Pope Francis is about to make significant changes in the Vatican Curia, then issues raised in recent editions of The Tablet need considering further: the Curia’s fitness for purpose (14 September) and the Pope’s decision to stop the practice of naming priests as honorary prelates (The Church in the World, 21 September). If the recipe for good government is to have clear delineation between the executive, legislature and judiciary served by a professional civil service, then the Curia is a rather thick unappetising and un-nourishing soup. The clear distinction of roles needs to be established. The idea that “structure follows strategy” is a paraphrase of the Bauhaus principle, “form follows function”. The function of the Curia is to serve the Church.