AUSTRALIA
AFP
SYDNEY — Australia’s most senior Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell, picked by the pope to help advise him on governance and reforms, said Sunday “better discipline” was needed in the church.
The Sydney Archbishop also suggested less Italian influence at the Vatican would be welcome.
Pell was one of eight cardinals from around the world selected by Pope Francis on Saturday to advise him in the new pontiff’s first step towards reforming the Catholic Church’s opaque administration.
The group will examine updating the constitution of the Roman Curia — the Church administration which analysts say is badly in need of reform.
Pell said he would help the pope in “anyway I can”.
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