Pope needs transparency, zero tolerance to end Vatican's financial corruption

 Pope needs transparency, zero tolerance to end Vatican's financial corruption

I don't believe in zero tolerance on anything. Rules need to not be substituted for at least some amount of rationality. That said, the clergy should not handle the money in the Church, from the Parish to the Vatican. It is not their money, it is ours and we should elect our own stewards, either directly or indirectly. The comment about things getting worse because of the disclosures proves that the concern of the clergy is not rectitude, it is discovery. The laity would have the same problem, but it would not be the same kind of betrayal. "Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops." (Luke 12:3)