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A grounded pope spent 2020 trying to clean house on Vatican finances
Dec 23, 2020 senior correspondent
With no international trips this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the prolonged immobility provided Pope Francis some much-needed time to focus on cleaning out his own backyard, perhaps most notably when it comes to money.
ROME – Known as a globe-trotting pope who conducts the bulk of his diplomacy through words and gestures during trips, Pope Francis found himself with extra time on his hands this past year with international travel brought to a halt by the coronavirus pandemic.
The pontiff was slated to visit Malta, East Timor, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea, and probably would have gone to other places too as the year went on. Instead, he found himself constrained to remain in Rome – and that prolonged immobility provided him some much-needed time to focus on cleaning out his own backyard, perhaps most notably when it comes to money.