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Pope presses reform agenda amid new Vatican scandal
Updated On: 11 November, 2015 09:13 AM IST | | AP
<p>Pope Francis insisted today that the Catholic Church shun all temptations of power, prestige and money as he pressed his reform agenda amid a new scandal at the Vatican</p>
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Florence: Pope Francis insisted today that the Catholic Church shun all temptations of power, prestige and money as he pressed his reform agenda amid a new scandal at the Vatican. Francis outlined his vision of the church in a lengthy speech to Italian bishops gathered in Florence, leaving behind a Vatican reeling from revelations of internal resistance to his reform agenda.
The Argentine Jesuit told the bishops he wanted a church that was humble and poor, and not obsessed with preaching doctrine or acquiring power. He said Christian doctrine wasn't a closed or rigid system but rather one that lives and changes and develops.
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