VATICAN CITY
Gazzetta del Sud
Vatican City, February 14 – Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Archpriest emeritus of the papal basilica of St Paul’s Outside the Walls in Rome, on Thursday said a “young pope” was needed to steer the Roman Catholic Church through its present difficulties following the shock announcement by Pope Benedict XVI of his resignation earlier this week. “Vigour and youth are needed to tackle the various tasks at hand,” said the prelate who, at 88, is too old to vote in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope, adding that geographical provenance is not important. “There are certainly many things that need changing, reforming and improving, the unresolved problems undoubtedly concern the need to bring the Church up to date in its inner workings and structures, problems that are related to its need to be better inserted in the present time,” said Cardinal Montezemolo.
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