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29 December 2018

From sex abuse to money, 2018 tested Pope Francis on reform

When he was elected to the papacy in March 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio knew he was chosen on a “reform” mandate. However, it’s been unclear what reform means for Pope Francis: revitalizing the public image of the Church, addressing the global clerical sexual abuse crisis, reforming the Vatican itself or leading Catholics around the world into a “pastoral conversion.” Francis was forced to address reform on multiple fronts during the past 12 months, all testing him in different ways.

https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2018/12/26/from-sex-abuse-to-money-2018-tested-pope-francis-on-reform/