Had they known that one day Romney would be running for president, they might have acted with equal haste on cleaning up the many filings and paperwork that bore Romney's name but at the time, they didn't think that was an urgent task.

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Mr Santorum prefers government to serve as an instrument in the urgent task of remoralising a society that has lost its spiritual moorings.

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The task is an urgent one.

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Many have commented that the Vatican's central offices, even aside from the scandal of Vatileaks, need an overhaul, and that the most urgent task for the next pope will be organisational reform.

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