Vatican Scandals and Reforms of Pope Francis

The Vatican City, with St. Peter's Basilica, in Rome, Italy

Photo courtesy: indesignarch.com/

Pope Francis

Pope Francis, from the first day of his papacy, has been striving for bringing about reforms in the Vatican as well as in the Catholic Church. He has been trying to make us all focus on Jesus Christ -- his teachings and exemplary life -- which were full of pastoralism, love, simplicity, poverty, and non-pompous and non-judgmental nature. 

This article touches on some of the recent scandals in the Vatican and the Church, and how Pope Francis is going about reforms. It also mentions that scandals and sins were there both in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. It further suggests some actions Catholic lay men and women (God created ordinary man and woman first and the clergy or the hierarchy came about much later to serve them spiritually and pastorally) can take to learn from them and help minimize the number and intensity of future scandals. 

For reading the full article, please click on the following:

• Vatican Scandals and the Reform Efforts of Pope Francis (this is the English version of the original article published in Bengali language, given below)
• Vatican Scandals And the Needed Reforms (this is the original article in Bengali language, published in December 2015)

Related Items:

• Clericalism And Its Corroding Effects in the Catholic Church (Sept. 19, 2018)
• Pope Francis Asks Priests and Bishops To Be 'Smelly Shepherds', Not 'Wolves' (Oct. 1, 2018)
• Pope Francis Berates the Roman Curia In His Pre-Christmas Address (Dec. 27, 2017) [It also covers Pope Francis' Christmas messages to the Roman Curia for the years of 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016]

(Updated on Oct. 4, 2018)