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In money and sex abuse cases, Vatican tribunal shows some spine

When the Vatican tribunal handles a case, the assumption has been that its role is to rubberstamp decisions made elsewhere, while lending a veneer of legal respectability. Yesterday, however, that perceived rubber stamp showed some spine.

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If this is Vatican reform, some are wondering what’s really changed

The conclusion many Italians in and around the Vatican have already drawn about Pope Francis’s reform is that it’s a Gattopardesca reform, meaning one in which lots of things change so the fundamentals can remain the same, and the start of this week has done little to convince them otherwise.

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‘Pope of the Little Guy’ caught up in the heavy lifting of reform

Pope Francis legendarily has a keen sense of justice and a hard-wired bias in favor of the underdog, but it’s also clear that Francis, like pretty much every reformer pope before him, is still struggling with the institutional translation of those core instincts.

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Will the Vatican investigate a cardinal implicated in its own abuse trial?

Three witnesses testified that Italian Cardinal Angelo Comastri, who was relieved of his position as Archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica last Saturday by Pope Francis, or his aides, had been aware of sexual abuse allegations at a pre-seminary on Vatican grounds and took no action.

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