The Pope’s overhaul of the Vatican’s more detailed workings continues with another set of documents aiming to convince the world the Vatican finances are on the path to reform.
The lawsuit brought by the Vatican's former Auditor General has been delivered a major blow after the Holy See refused to allow Libero Milone's chosen legal representation.
The alleged spying operation targeted London-based millionaire fund manager and consultant Raffaele Mincione, who is accused of defrauding the Vatican in a shady 350 million euro real estate deal.
An Italian news outlet uncovered that the Vatican held shares 'for a value of about 20 million euros' in Swiss pharmaceutical companies that produced the morning-after pill.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin Secretary of State for the Holy See since October 2013, has been implicated in a scandal that, hitherto, has mostly centred on Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu.
While the latest ugly headlines relate to the same old scandal - the one that erupted in October 2019 when Vatican prosecutors raided the offices of the Secretariat of State - we now know that Vatican officials have gone to great lengths to conceal the truth.
The Australian financial regulator, AUSTRAC, says that a 'computer coding error' led to their statement that over $1.7 billion had been sent from the Vatican to Australia between 2014 and 2020
Salvino Mondello, representing Cardinal Becciù’s former secretary Monsignor Mauro Carlino, wrote a letter to La Stampa, an Italian newspaper, stating that negotiations with financier Gianluigi Torzi over investments in a luxury apartment development scheme on London’s Sloane Avenue had the 'backing' of Pope Francis.