Rome's mayor resigns, complicating plans for Jubilee
October 09, 2015
Rome’s Mayor Ignazio Marino resigned abruptly on October 9, after a series of reports alleging financial misconduct.
Marino, who was elected in 2013, denied wrongdoing and said that he was being ousted because of his campaign to eliminate corruption in the city’s administration. But he had lost much of his political support, and even drawn criticism from Pope Francis. In fact, one muckraking Italian web site reported that the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Paolo Parolin, had called for the mayor’s removal.
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, remarked that the resignation left the city of Rome in political turmoil, just weeks before the opening of a Jubilee Year. “There is only on great certainty,” the paper said: “Rome does not deserve this.”
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Further information:
- Rome Mayor Resigns Over Expense Scandal (AP)
- Ignazio Marino quits as Rome mayor (ANSA)
- Dagospia: "Monsignor Parolin called for the resignation of Marino" (Il Giornale)
- Tension develops in relations between Pope, Mayor of Rome (CWN, 9/30)
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