'The pope has made reforms at the Vatican Bank a priority of his pontificate.' Excuse my laughter! He's been Pope for 6 1/2 years and corruption rages on, unabated.
From Catholic World Report
By
atican City, Oct 2, 2019 / 12:43 pm (CNA).-
An Italian news magazine has reported that five Vatican employees have
been suspended following an Oct. 1 raid of offices within the Vatican’s
Secretariat of State.
An Oct. 2 internal memo from the government of the Vatican City State
conveyed that the five employees have been “suspended from service.” The memo was published by L’Espresso.
Among the apparently suspended employees is Msgr. Mauro Carlino, who
oversees documentation at the Secretariat of State, along with layman
Tomasso Di Ruzza, director of the Vatican’s Financial Intelligence
Authority.
Two other men and one woman are also listed as suspended.
The suspensions follow an Oct. 1 raid authorized by prosecutors in the Vatican City court system.
Documents and devices were taken in connection to an investigation
following complaints made last summer by the Institute for Religious
Works – commonly called the Vatican Bank – and the Office of the Auditor
General, concerning a series of financial transactions “carried out
over time,” an Oct. 1 Vatican statement said.
The Secretariat of State is the central governing office of the
Catholic Church and the department of the Roman Curia which works most
closely with the pope. It is also responsible for the governance of the
Vatican City state.
The suspension memo says that Carlino will continue to live at the
Domus Sanctae Martha, the residence at which Pope Francis also lives,
and that the suspended employees can enter Vatican City State to access
health services, or if a Vatican magistrate approves their admission.
The Vatican’s Financial Intelligence Authority oversees suspicious
financial transactions, and is charged with ensuring that Vatican
banking policies comply with international financial standards.
Pope Francis approved new governing documents for the Vatican Bank
last summer, transitioning the bank from its practice of using internal
auditors to the use of an external auditor to review the bank’s finances
and transactions. The bank has a long history of complex financial
transactions, has faced scandals, and been criticized for a lack of
financial transparency.
The pope has made reforms at the Vatican Bank a priority of his pontificate.
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