How much the Pope’s loneliness weighs on the future of the Church

During the general congregations leading up to the conclave, the cardinals meeting in Rome had immediately begun to discuss reforms and transparency. The crows could no longer be seen circling the Dome, the three commissioners appointed by Benedict XVI (Cardinals Herranz, Tomko and De Giorgi) had just delivered their report on Vatileaks. The most aggressive were Americans, conservatives and progressives united to call for a systemic revolution, with a pope-administrator who made the curia fit for the 21st century. In the end, Cardinal Bergoglio was elected, who immediately began to work on that front: commissions, committees, working groups, a dicastery was created. to this (the Ministry of Economy), the desire to reform the IOR – someone had suggested its closure but Francesco immediately understood that it was pure utopia– influence peddling requested to the Council of Economy. A matter of money, always money. And everything seemed to be going well until the old curia built walls and fences against the Australian cardinal who only communicated via e-mail with the cardinal confreres and went to complain about his lack of delicacy to the Pope. against George Pell, the weakening of his dicastery, the rebirth of the Secretary of State where Giovanni Angelo Becciu was the powerful substitute.