VATICAN CITY
Telegraph (UK)
Pope Francis has put the Vatican hierarchy on notice of sweeping changes as he prepares this week to study a secret report into skulduggery and intrigue within the Church’s dysfunctional governing body on Sunday when he addressed an estimated 150,000 people in St Peter’s Square.
By Nick Squires, and John Bingham in Vatican City
8:57PM GMT 17 Mar 2013
The Vatileaks scandal of last year, in which Benedict XVI’s butler was caught stealing and leaking documents to the press, revealed infighting, nepotism and alleged corruption within the Curia, governing body.
On Saturday, the Pope ruled that senior administrators in the Vatican bureaucracy will temporarily keep their posts while he studies what changes may be required.
Hopes for sweeping reforms of the Curia were bolstered by the language of an announcement that its members would “provisionally stay in their respective posts until it is decided otherwise”.
“The Holy Father, wants, in fact, to give himself a certain amount of time for reflection, prayer and dialogue before any appointments or definitive confirmations,” the Vatican said.
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