Pope Francis describes ‘ideological Christians’ as a ‘serious illness’ within the Church

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22. There's plenty of "actual action" being personally instigated by Pope Francis. Heads are rolling.

The man is moving on remarkably well for someone who arrived only 7 months ago. Just the fact that he refuses to live in the Papal apartments inside the Papal Palace is a major statement that is shaking up the hierarchy that thought they would have control over his daily life.

There's also this:

Pope Francis launches reform of Vatican bureaucracy, with cleanup of Vatican bank

Since succeeding Benedict XVI, Francis has publicly sought to transform the tone of his office, extending surprise olive branches to everyone from gays and lesbians to professed atheists. But much more quietly, Vatican officials and observers say, the new pontiff has also begun to alter the atmosphere inside the Holy See, taking steps to shed light on the notoriously opaque Vatican Curia. >snip<

In a place where change is often measured in decades if not centuries, Francis personally moved to oust top officials of the secretive Vatican bank only days after a fresh corruption scandal engulfed the institution, officials say. Francis has also backed a push for greater financial transparency, while moving faster than many expected to replace Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone — Benedict’s secretary of state, who once wielded the power of a vice pope. Bertone, who allegedly stymied efforts to clean up Vatican City, was seen by many observers as a big part of the Holy See’s problem.

More reforms are coming. Two Vatican officials with direct knowledge of the situation said the pope is preparing to consolidate the Curia’s myriad operations, with the aim of reducing the size of the bureaucracy. Francis has recently suggested that clerics should focus on their home dioceses rather than angle for prestigious postings in the Holy See. His new advisory board of eight cardinals from around the globe is seen as a counterweight to the power of Vatican-based authorities.
>snip<Massimo Teodori, a former Italian senator and longtime critic of the Holy See ...said... "under this pope, the power of the Curia around Cardinal Bertone is already no more.” >snip<

(regarding the Bank -- recall there are 1 billion Catholics) Inside the former office of the bank’s president, a team of 25 consultants is now laboring under a dark painting of the Crucifixion. The team from Promontory, a New York-based outfit specializing in regulatory policy and bank cleanups, arrived in July, with the mission of vetting every single account held by the Vatican bank’s 19,000 clients.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/pope-francis-launches-reform-of-vatican-bureaucracy-with-cleanup-of-vatican-bank/2013/10/18/28b99ecc-3430-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html

There's lots more at the link to the WaPo.