[BwanaNdege]

Thanks for the education!

Analogous to Washington politicians whereas the other Cardinals are more like state governors?

[Mrs. Don-o]

Yeah, kinda like. "Curia" means "Court" (not judicial, as in the officers in a trial proceeding, but "court" as in a King's court, his officials and appointees.) So, yeah, analogous to the Washington, DC apparat.

The non-Curial Cardinals aren't in Rome and don't much go there unless they have to elect a new Pope. When Bergoglio was Cardinal-Archbishop, he minded his own flock, and hardly ever left Buenos Aires. Which is exactly right.