Pope says Church should shun obsession with power, money


  • World
  • Tuesday, 10 Nov 2015

Pope Francis leaves after a meeting in the baptistery of the cathedral of Florence during his pastoral visit, November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis called on Tuesday for a Catholic Church that is not cosseted, self-centred and obsessed with power and money, as he faces new challenges to his financial reforms at the Vatican.

The Argentine pope, who made his comments during a day trip to Tuscany, has recently been hit by a scandal involving the leaks of documents purporting to show resistance by the Vatican's old guard to his reform efforts.

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