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Immediately after his election on July 12 1691, he declared against the nepotism which had too much and too long been one of the greatest scandals of the papacy; the bull Romanum decet Pontificem, issued in 1692, prohibited popes in all times from bestowing estates, offices, or revenues on any relative; furthermore, only one relative, if otherwise suitable, was to be raised to the cardinalate?. At the same time he sought to check the simoniacal practices of the apostolic chamber, and in connexion with this to introduce a simpler and more economical manner of life into his court. He said that 'the poor were his nephews', comparing his public benificence to the nepotism of many predecessors. |
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Immediately after his election on July 12 1691, he declared against the nepotism which had too much and too long been one of the greatest scandals of the Papacy; the bull Romanum decet Pontificem, issued in 1692, prohibited popes in all times from bestowing estates, offices, or revenues on any relative; furthermore, only one relative, if otherwise suitable, was to be raised to the cardinalate?. At the same time he sought to check the simoniacal practices of the apostolic chamber, and in connexion with this to introduce a simpler and more economical manner of life into his court. He said that 'the poor were his nephews', comparing his public benificence to the nepotism of many predecessors. |
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