VATICAN CITY
News 24

Vatican City – Suspense over the date of the conclave to elect a new pope intensified on Wednesday as some cardinals called for more time for debate and seized the chance to speak out about the problems facing the church and what the future holds.

“We need a new way of governing the church. A more horizontal government. The Curia must be revolutionised,” German Cardinal Walter Kasper said in an interview with La Repubblica daily, referring to the Vatican’s bickering governing body.

The Curia has become one of the key issues of debates surrounding the future of the church after secret papal documents leaked to the press last year in a scandal dubbed “Vatileaks” alleged corruption and intrigue in the administration and infighting many hope the new pope will tackle.

“I think the Curia in general, beyond whatever emerges from Vatileaks, needs to be revolutionised….