VATICAN CITY
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Vatican City, 3 Oct. (AKI) – The scandal-tainted Vatican Curia or central administration needs completely overhauling with a new constitution, a group of cardinals advising Pope Francis has reported.
“They are leaning towards a constitution with very significant new elements; in short, a new constitution,” Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi told a media briefing on Thursday.
At the end of three days of closed-door meetings with the Argentinian pontiff, the group of eight cardinals concluded that more was needed than amendments to the current constitution governing the Vatican department, Lombardi said.
The bulky 1998 constitution is known by its Latin name of “Pastor Bonus” (The Good Shepherd) and re-writing the document will be a major task, according to Lombardi. He said he did not know how long this would take.
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