Fixing the Vatican: It ain't easy, but it's happenning | National Catholic Reporter

Fixing the Vatican: It ain't easy, but it's happenning | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Going from last to first, I am sure the money is a slush fund - whether it is for the Curia or being laundered for the Mafia (yes, it does exist) is an interesting question - and helping find the answer if it is the latter is not healthy for one's body, but is for the soul.  As for the John Paul bishops and priests, until they are replaced, a purge is difficult - however the will have to age out and/or die - so sloth in this matter is a real option in many cases.  Finding those honest men to replace them is much harder.  This leads us to the problem of sexual abuse.  If the Vatican takes criminal jurisdiction in Dominica, it makes it very much harder to continue claiming that these are matters for the local Church and that bishops are not, in fact, employees of the Pope through the Nuncieri.  That puts the Vatican Bank and its art (which is culturally very un-PC - Mary was not white and neither is Jesus) at considerable risk. I doubt that Francis cares, so we will hopefully see some movement to end the extraterritoriality argument in the civil lawsuits on behalf of victims (and their lawyers - as they want the paycheck).  This would essentially undo the Counter-Reformation and agree with Luther on the funding of the Vatican and its art in the first place.  Now that would be a revolution!