Kiyo: Pope Francis, who
inherited a Church mired in scandals over priests' sexual abuse of children and
the leak of confidential documents alleging corruption and infighting in the
Vatican's central administration, is mulling his options as he sets the tone
for a reformed and humbler Holy See.
Filo: New pope, new plan.
Kiyo: One of the tests of
his papacy will be what he does about the bank which has regularly damaged the
Vatican's image over three decades and faces growing calls for reform.
Last
year a European anti-money laundering body found that the bank - formally
called the Institute for Works of Religion and known by the Italian acronym IOR
- had failed to meet some of its standards on fighting financial crimes.
Filo: To avoid trouble, the
bank should be closed.
