Over the centuries, court politics at the Vatican sometimes have had a
seriously nasty side. If anyone was wondering whether that aspect of
its culture had been killed off in the Francis era, or had simply gone
dormant, late February 2015 provided a fairly clear answer.
In a word, the nasty is back.
The focus this time is Cardinal George Pell of Australia, the pope’s chosen fix-it man on Vatican finances. Francis tapped Pell a year ago to end a cycle of scandal and corruption in moneymanagement , and in the year since he took over a newly created Secretariat for the Economy, he’s become a lightning rod of the first order .
http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/02/28/the-vaticans-financial-reform-the-nasty-is-back/
In a word, the nasty is back.
The focus this time is Cardinal George Pell of Australia, the pope’s chosen fix-it man on Vatican finances. Francis tapped Pell a year ago to end a cycle of scandal and corruption in money
http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2015/02/28/the-vaticans-financial-reform-the-nasty-is-back/