Money destined for “Pope's hospital” allegedly went toward renovating the former secretary of state’s apartment.

As head of a new Vatican department, Cardinal Farrell is in a position to bring lay people into positions of leadership in the church.

Those who know Bishop Delpini well describe him as “a very spiritual man, humble but not submissive, a great worker, far from the profile of a manager-bishop, very attentive to the personal relationship with priests.”

Cardinal Pell will return to Australia to appear in court at a hearing scheduled for July 6.

Cardinal George Pell, Pope Francis’ chief financial adviser and Australia's most senior Catholic, is the highest-ranking Vatican official to ever be charged in the church’s long-running sexual abuse scandal.

Jesus “has not called you to become ‘princes’ in the church,” the pope said, but “to serve like him and with him.”