<Francis has replaced most of his dicastery with his sycophants>
Did you think of Joseph Ratzinger as a "sycophant" as Pope John Paul appointed, and re-appointed, him to the CDF?  
Perhaps that IS a good word to describe Ratzinger's long collaboration with John Paul.  On the other hand, the old saw that "elections have consequences" seems as true of papal elections as of any other. Popes, like other chief executives, tend to select persons who support their agenda to help them implement it.