Pope Francis fired the entire leadership of the Roman Catholic Church’s worldwide charity arm following accusations of bullying and humiliation of employees, and appointed a commissioner to run it. Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle was among those replaced.
Pope sacks leadership of worldwide Catholic charity, names commissioner; Cardinal Tagle among those replacedCardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. — Giovanni Guida/CC BY 3.0/Wikimedia Commons
The sackings of the executive level of CI, which has more than a million staff and volunteers around the world, were announced in a papal decree released by the Vatican press office. “No evidence emerged of financial mismanagement or sexual impropriety, but other important themes and areas for urgent attention emerged from the panel’s work,” the statement from the development office said.
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