I recall that John XXIII was asked how many people worked at the Vatican, he replied “About half.” The Vatican cries out for a thorough house cleaning to deal with crime, fraud and waste, something no Pope for a very long time has been much interested in dealing with. The Vatican is often a scandal to faithful Catholics and an easy target for our enemies. Rather than ceaselessly lecturing the Caesars of our world and being a world traveler, often to no discernible good impact, it would be heartening to have a Pope who stayed at the Vatican and engaged in the Herculean task of cleansing the bureaucracy and exposing and seriously punishing crime. Until that occurs, for all their vaunted powers in Tradition and Canon Law, pontiffs will remain gilded front men for an ugly reality just under the magnificent surface of the Vatican.
Cleaning House
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
That would require work. That would also require running the risk of all the urination coming into the tent from the outside. And hence the explanation of all the distraction noise coming from Rome these days.