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Related: About this forumIn bold 3 in 1 move, Pope names commission to reform Vatican Bank.....
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/26/pope-bank-idUSL5N0F228120130626By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY, June 26 (Reuters) - Pope Francis set up a special commission of inquiry on Wednesday to reform the Vatican bank, his boldest move yet to get to grips with an institution that has embarrassed the Catholic Church for decades.
The high-powered, five-member panel, which includes four prelates and a female Harvard law professor, will report directly to him, bypassing the Vatican bureaucracy that itself has sometimes been hit by allegations of scandal and corruption.
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For those of us who have been following this scandal for years now, the most remarkable thing is its persistence. Like the mythical hydra, it just about cain't be killed.
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In bold 3 in 1 move, Pope names commission to reform Vatican Bank..... (Original Post)
dimbear
Jun 2013
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rug
(82,333 posts)1. Do you think this is a bad thing?
BTW, Hercules killed the Hydra.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)2. I wish Pope Francis the best success with this commission.
Perhaps he's up to a Herculean task. Cleansing the Augean stables would also be comparable to fixing this bank.
Dorian Gray
(13,523 posts)5. You're right
I'm happy he's attempting it, though.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)3. There is a post about this in another group (GD?) and lots of speculation
about whether this might lead to a shortened life expectancy for Francis.
BillyRibs
(787 posts)4. You Don't screw with the Banksters.
I now fear for this Man Life.