Google – AFP, 19 July 2013
Pope
Francis blesses the faithful on July 14, 2013 in front of his summer
residence
in Castelgandolfo, southeast of Rome (AFP/File, Andreas Solaro)
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VATICAN
CITY — Pope Francis set up a special commission of lay experts on Friday tasked
with overhauling the economic and administrative structure of the Vatican in a
radical bid to streamline and clean up the scandal-hit institution.
The
commission will delve into the workings of the Vatican's bloated departments
and draft reforms to tackle instances of favouritism or corruption, simplify
procedures, improve transparency and put economic resources to better use.
The
commission is tasked with the "simplification and rationalisation of the
existing bodies and more careful planning of the economic activities of all the
Vatican Administrations," the Vatican said in a statement.
It will
offer specialist advice on how to "avoid the misuse of economic resources,
to improve transparency... to work with ever greater prudence in the financial
sphere; to ensure correct application of accounting principles," it said.
The
Argentine pope has worked fast since his election in March to establish a
series of specialist bodies to tackle corruption and poor management in the
Vatican.
This
commission, which will report directly to him, comes on the heels of the
establishment of a separate body looking at how to reform the Vatican bank and
the appointment of eight cardinal advisors.
The
specialists come from Malta, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Singapore.
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