ROME – Breaking with a long-standing tradition in which hiring has been conducted largely on the basis of family ties and personal friendships, the Vatican has launched what amounts to a “help wanted” website, listing available positions and inviting qualified candidates to apply.

The new website operated by the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy came on-line Tuesday, and is titled “Work with Us.”

Spanish layman Maximino Caballero Ledo, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and a former executive with Baxter Healthcare in the U.S., styled the new approach to hiring as key to the broader effort at financial reform of the Vatican under Pope Francis.