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The then Archbishop Angelo Becciu blesses the Pilgrimage Information Center for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy on Dec. 1, 2015. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

New Details Emerge about Cardinal Becciu’s Management of Vatican Finances

Sep 26, 2020

Following his resignation Thursday, September 24, new reports reveal details of how Cardinal Angelo Becciu managed Vatican financial affairs, developing a story CNA first broke last year.

Fr. Juan Antonio Guerrero. / Office of Communication Society of Jesus.

Two Vatican Officials Sign Agreement to Cooperate on Fighting Corruption

Sep 20, 2020

The Vatican’s prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy and auditor general signed a memorandum of understanding Friday on the fight against corruption.

Cardinal Pietro Parolin. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA

Church Financial Scandals “must not be covered up”: Vatican Secretary of State

Aug 29, 2020

In an interview Thursday, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, spoke about uncovering financial scandal, saying that hiding scandal increases and entrenches it.

Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Pope Francis Appoints Six Women to Vatican's Economy Council

Aug 8, 2020

Pope Francis on Thursday named 13 new members to the Council for the Economy, which oversees Vatican finances and the work of the Secretariat for the Economy.

Vatican Finances: London Deal Players Had Prior History

Jul 31, 2020

In the months before Gianluigi Torzi was asked by the Holy See to act as middle man for the final purchase of the London property at 60 Sloane Ave. from Raffaele Mincione, a company owned by Mincione secured a multi-million-euro loan from a company controlled by Torzi.

The AIF in the Vatican. Credit: Vatican News

Analysis: 2020, the Year to Make or Break Vatican Finances?

Jul 10, 2020

The Holy See is facing a perfect storm of a massive income shortfall, months of financial scandal, and a looming international banking inspection.

Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Pope Francis Names Lay Finance Expert as Secretary of Vatican ‘central bank’

Jun 15, 2020

Pope Francis Monday appointed Fabio Gasperini, an Italian financial adviser working at Ernst and Young, to the second-ranking position at the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA).

The Institute for Religious Works, or 'Vatican bank'. (File Photo/CNA).

Vatican Financial Reform Begins in Earnest Again: Analysis

Jun 2, 2020

On Monday, Pope Francis published sweeping new laws governing Vatican financial dealings. But the new laws are not really that new: They resurrect measures called for during the first days of the Francis pontificate. And now they’re back.

Swiss policeman. Credit: KarolinaRysava/Shutterstock

Swiss Accounts Frozen in Vatican Property Deal Probe

May 30, 2020

Tens of millions of euros have been frozen in Swiss banks as part of the investigation into a Vatican property investment, according to a Swiss media report.

Skyline of the Octagonal Court in Pio-Clementino Museum, Vatican City. Credit: silverfox999/Shutterstock

Pope Francis Reforms Vatican City Courts With New Law

Mar 16, 2020

The new law provides enhanced safeguards for the independence of judges and prosecutors in Vatican City.

St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA.

Suspension Revoked For Vatican’s Financial Watchdog Authority

Jan 23, 2020

The new head of the Vatican Financial Intelligence Authority (AIF) announced Thursday that the Vatican’s internal financial watchdog’s suspension from an international group has been revoked, and the AIF can resume collaboration with foreign financial intelligence units.

Valletta, Malta, where Gamma Capital and the Centurion Global Fund share an office. Credit: javarman/shutterstock

Vatican Investments Linked to Global Money Laundering Investigations

Dec 7, 2019

A fund in which the Vatican’s Secretariat of State has invested tens of millions of euros has links to two Swiss banks investigated or implicated in bribery and money laundering scandals involving more than one billion dollars. The fund is under investigation by Vatican authorities.

St. Peter's Basilica. Credit: vvo via Shutterstock.

Pope names financial supervisor president of watchdog authority

Nov 27, 2019

Pope Francis Wednesday appointed an auditor and Italian banking consultant as president of the Financial Information Authority (AIF), the Vatican’s internal financial watchdog.

Rene Bruelhart. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

President of Vatican's Financial Watchdog Authority Ends Term

Nov 18, 2019

The Vatican announced Monday that René Brüelhart, president of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) has ended a five-year term and Pope Francis has chosen his successor.

Theodore McCarrick. Credit: US Institute of Peace CC BY NC 2.0

McCarrick: Foundation ‘irresponsible’ to Question Controversial Vatican Grant

Nov 7, 2019

McCarrick made the intervention in December 2017, after objections were raised to the Vatican’s request of $25 million from the Papal Foundation, for a bankrupt Italian hospital, the Istituto Dermopatico dell’Immacolata (IDI). 

His Eminence Giovanni Angelo Becciu, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, June 27, 2019. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA

Vatican Cardinals Linked to Missing Millions and Financial Scandal

Oct 29, 2019

Cardinal Angelo Becciu and Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi have been key players in a complicated series of financial transactions to finance the Vatican Secretariat of State’s 2015 acquisition of the hospital.