Pope gets boost for reform from unlikely source

VATICAN CITY
The Kansas City Star

December 3
The Associated Press

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis’ efforts to reform the Machiavellian Vatican bureaucracy have gotten a vote of confidence from an unlikely source.

Italian Premier Enrico Letta praised Francis’s undertaking Tuesday, saying it could be a model for Italian public institutions in similar need of an overhaul.

The proposed reforms include the creation of an advisory board of eight cardinals.

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