VATICAN CITY
Chiesa
He the prelate of the IOR, she a commissioner for the reorganization of the Vatican administration. Two appointments desired and decided by Pope Francis. Which however are the living negation of his program of housecleaning and reform
by Sandro Magister
ROME, August 26, 2013 – More than two months have passed since the unhappy appointment of Monsignor Battista Ricca as “prelate” of the Institute for Works of Religion and more than a month since that, no less unhappy, of Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui (see photo) as a member of the commission for the reorganization of the financial-administrative Vatican offices.
Both of these appointments were made by Pope Francis, the first through his own highly personal decision.
And for both of them, immediately afterward, there came to light grave counter-indications about which the pope was initially in the dark.
And yet, in late August, no correction of course appears to be in sight.
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