Pope Francis has held his first meeting with a special group of cardinals to consider ways to reform the Vatican.
The group, known as the Vatican G8, has been chosen from outside the Holy See’s administration to ensure independence.
Made up of eight cardinals picked by Francis from around the world, the group is looking at ways to reshape the Roman Catholic Church’s bureaucracy.
Francis said in a newspaper interview that the Vatican had become too self-interested and needed to be inclusive.
The Church’s central administration has been hit by numerous scandals in recent years, with bishops around the world criticising it as autocratic and heavy-handed.
As the three-day talks got underway, Italy’s La Repubblica newspaperprinted an interview with Francis in which he spoke about problems facing the Vatican’s administration, BBC informs.
