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The Vatican financial trial is finally over. What did we learn?

By Thomas Reese — December 19, 2023
(RNS) — The good news is the financial scandals became public and were not covered up by the Vatican as was the practice in the past.

Pope’s charitable fund still weighed by financial scandals, costs of Curia

By Claire Giangravé — June 16, 2022
(RNS) — Peter’s Pence, a fund dedicated to the pope’s charitable works, has been at the heart of a Vatican financial scandal.

Cardinal Pell praises Pope Francis’ curial reform after financial scandals

By Claire Giangravé — April 28, 2022
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘We cannot afford to lose another 500 million though incompetence or corruption in the next 40 years,’ said Cardinal George Pell.

Vatican financial reform efforts continue amid scandals and deficit

By Claire Giangravé — November 11, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Despite substantial losses brought by the pandemic and financial scandals, Pope Francis charges ahead in Vatican financial reform.

Indictments for Vatican financial crimes a sign of progress

By Thomas Reese — July 6, 2021
(RNS) — Vatican financial scandals have repeatedly tarnished the image of the church. It is time for the Vatican to get its act together. Ironically, that will mean more bad news as crimes are uncovered and prosecuted.

Pope Francis’ new decree demands financial transparency from Vatican managers

By Claire Giangravé — April 29, 2021
(RNS) — The new decree would make it more difficult for Vatican personnel to engage in transactions such as the $200 million London real estate deal that caused the downfall of a prominent cardinal.

Pope Francis strips Vatican Secretariat of State of assets in reform move

By Claire Giangravé — December 29, 2020
(RNS) — While the Secretariat of State’s power will still be considerable, the new decree increases the power of other Vatican agencies.

Making sense of the Vatican’s looming financial scandal

By Claire Giangravé — October 7, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Last week, the Vatican released a mysterious statement acknowledging a raid by Vatican police on the offices of its Secretariat of State and of its financial watchdog agency, saying it was carried out by judicial order by the Vatican tribunal and with permission from unspecified 'superiors.'
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