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• Pope taps cardinals to advise on governing, reform
• Pope makes first big decision naming advisory board
• Pope names advisers to revamp Vatican bureaucracy
• Pope names cardinals to advise him on running the church and reform the Vatican bureaucracy
• Pope faces tough decisions as Vatican reforms loom; style and record suggest he'll go it alone
• Pope faces tough decisions as Vatican reforms loom

Pope taps cardinals to advise on governing, reform Posted: 13 Apr 2013 10:35 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named eight cardinals from around the globe Saturday to advise him on running the Catholic Church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy, marking his first month as pope with a major initiative to reflect the universal nature of the church in key governing decisions.

Pope makes first big decision naming advisory board Posted: 13 Apr 2013 05:13 AM PDT By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in his first major decision, on Saturday set up an advisory board of cardinals from around the world to help him govern the Catholic Church and reform its troubled central administration. The eight cardinals will help him put into place changes in an administration which has been held responsible for some of the mishaps and scandals that plagued the eight-year reign of Pope Benedict before he resigned in February. ...

Pope names advisers to revamp Vatican bureaucracy Posted: 13 Apr 2013 04:05 AM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis marked his first month as pope on Saturday by naming nine high-ranking prelates from around the globe to a permanent advisory group to help him run the Catholic Church and study a reform of the Vatican bureaucracy — a bombshell announcement that indicates he intends a major shift in how the papacy should function.

Pope names cardinals to advise him on running the church and reform the Vatican bureaucracy Posted: 13 Apr 2013 03:21 AM PDT VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has named nine cardinals to advise him on running the church and reforming the Vatican bureaucracy.

Pope faces tough decisions as Vatican reforms loom; style and record suggest he'll go it alone Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:22 PM PDT VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis has spent much of his first month as pope charming ordinary Catholics with his ordinary yet extraordinary papal ways and making clear he is very much the boss when it comes to decisions as small as the shoes he wears to where he rests his head at night.

Pope faces tough decisions as Vatican reforms loom Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:14 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has spent much of his first month as pope charming ordinary Catholics with his ordinary yet extraordinary papal ways and making clear he is very much the boss when it comes to decisions as small as the shoes he wears to where he rests his head at night.

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