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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis urges global leaders to end 'tyranny' of money [View all]pnwmom
(109,049 posts)15. He's working on it.
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/pope-francis-s-vatican-bank-clean-up-intensifies-amid-dirty-cash-scandal-387033
The arrest and clear-out of two of the bank's bigs were "the first results of cure imposed by Pope Francis," he said.
What has been hailed as a potential revolution by many religious watchers began with the appointment mid-June of cleric Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca to oversee the IOR's management -- effectively placing one of Francis's trusted allies in a key position to report to him.
Last week, the 76-year-old pontiff followed this by installing a special five-member commission tasked with investigating the bank and reporting their findings directly back to him personally.
The commission's first report is expected in October, and may spark wider reforms of the murky institute.
The arrest and clear-out of two of the bank's bigs were "the first results of cure imposed by Pope Francis," he said.
What has been hailed as a potential revolution by many religious watchers began with the appointment mid-June of cleric Battista Mario Salvatore Ricca to oversee the IOR's management -- effectively placing one of Francis's trusted allies in a key position to report to him.
Last week, the 76-year-old pontiff followed this by installing a special five-member commission tasked with investigating the bank and reporting their findings directly back to him personally.
The commission's first report is expected in October, and may spark wider reforms of the murky institute.
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Pope Francis urges global leaders to end 'tyranny' of money [View all]
Jeff In Milwaukee
Jul 2013
OP
Like the sex abuse scandals, this current Pope is merely appointing other clergy to clean up the
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#16
Look at what you wrote---THREE YEARS after the Italians start an investigation, the Vatican
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#19
That was rude, pnwmom. Francis has not 'acted quickly'--he expelled only just ahead of the charges
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#22
Your definition of "acting quickly" is different from mine, or that of most Italians.
pnwmom
Jul 2013
#25
I'm sure the Catholics who oppose abortion, birth control, and gay marriage..
denverbill
Jul 2013
#11