These proposals for transparency and empowerment are realistic ways to restore faith, hope and charity in the administration of the church.

CNN: Francis, open up the church

"There is a need for the general administration of the church to be put in good order, " retired Cardinal Edward Egan said in a recent interview.

WSJ: Cardinals Gather, Facing Varied Agendas

It would ensure greater access to the sacraments and bring an often-alienated constituency into a critical role offering new gifts to the administration of the church.

CNN: Francis, open up the church

The group's spokesman, Doug Church, said Federal Aviation Administration controllers in New York could try to accommodate long-delayed flights by allowing more departures at JFK, where the planes would not have to return to gates to comply with the time limit.

CNN: Air traffic jams in New York likely to jump

None of the hundreds of priests, bishops and cardinals who work inside the Holy See, the central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, have been charged in connection with this very serious breach of security.

BBC: Vatican embarrassment as Pope's butler goes on trial

After so many scandals, so many souls who have abandoned the faith, here is a chance for a cleansing of the Vatican stables, a root-and-branch reform of the Curia, the Papal administration, and a radical new emphasis on the core mission of the church: to reach out to the world.

WSJ: Daniel Johnson: A New Pope on a Pilgrim's Path

The administration exempted only houses of worship, but not the institutions run by the church.

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