Pope makes first overhaul of Vatican in 25 years

Published February 24, 2014 3:41pm ET



VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday announced the first major overhaul of the Vatican’s outdated and inefficient bureaucracy in a quarter-century, creating an economics secretariat to control all economic, administrative, personnel and procurement functions of the Holy See.

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