AUSTRALIA
Sydney Morning Herald
February 20, 2015
Desmond O’Grady
A spectre is haunting the corridors of the Vatican: has Cardinal George Pell gained too much power?
Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Pell to head a new office set up to ensure greater transparency in Vatican finances following a series of scandals. It was asked to prepare its statutes and proposed control of all Vatican economic affairs after years in which the various departments had a measure of financial independence.
But recently, the head of the Vatican Council for Legislative Texts, Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio, has questioned Cardinal Pell’s proposed reforms, with other critics of the former archbishop of Sydney viewing his actions as grandstanding.
Cardinal Coccopalmerio’s criticism carries weight, as his department assesses the statutes of Vatican offices, including Cardinal Pell’s Secretariat for the Economy.
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