Pope Continues Vatican Shake-Up

Four Cardinals have been removed by the Pope from the Vatican bank. This leaves all but one one of his predecessor’s appointees.

Since becoming pope less than a year ago, Francis has shifted personnel in important Vatican departments, placing his picks in key positions while signaling that he intends to crack down on the intrigues and disarray that plagued the Vatican bureaucracy under the shy, aloof Benedict…

The new supervisory committee consists of five men: Secretary of State Parolin; Cardinal Tauran; Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, archbishop of Vienna; Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, archbishop of Toronto; Cardinal Santos Abril y Castilló, archpriest of the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major.

The four cardinals who were removed are Cardinal Bertone; Odilo P. Scherer of Brazil; Telesphore P. Toppo of India; and Domenico Calcagno of Italy.

By: Cheston Catalano

Cheston Catalano is a Kentucky-based journalist whose work has been featured in the Chattanooga Times Free Press and the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle. He is a long-time contributor to Liberaland.