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Vatican Signs Financial Transparency Accord With U.S. Officials

Posted 05.08.2013 | Religion

By Alessandro Speciale Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) In a bid to improve its checkered record on financial transparency, the Vatican o...

Vatican Denies Role In Deal At Center Of Corruption Investigation

Reuters | Posted 04.07.2013 | Religion

ROME, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday denied an Italian newspaper report linking its IOR bank to Monte dei Paschi di Siena's 2007 acquisiti...

Vatican Hires Anti-Money Laundering Guru

Reuters | Posted 11.11.2012 | Religion

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The Vatican has hired Liechtenstein's former top anti-money laundering expert to ...

Report: Vatican Bank Compliant On 9 Out Of 16 Core Standards

Religion News Service | David Gibson | Posted 07.18.2012 | Religion

By David Gibson Religion News Service (RNS) The scandal-plagued Vatican Bank has a long way to go in order to comply with international standards ...

Vatican Bank Touts New Transparency Amid Scandals

Religion News Service | Alessandro Speciale | Posted 07.03.2012 | Religion

VATICAN CITY (RNS) As European financial regulators meet in Strasbourg, France, the Vatican is bracing for a decision that could determine the success...

Secrecy Obsessed Vatican Bank Opens Doors

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 08.28.2012 | Religion

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican bank, one of the more secretive institutions of the secrecy-obsessed Vatican, opened itself up to a little external s...

Vatican Bank Chief Ousted After No-Confidence Vote

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 07.24.2012 | Religion

VATICAN CITY — The president of the Vatican bank has effectively been ousted after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank oversee...

Vatican Bank Account Shut Down By Bank For Lack Of Transparency

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012 | Religion

* Latest in series of image problems for Vatican bank * Vatican bank trying to meet EU's transparency rules By Philip Pu...

Italy Unfreezes $33 Million In Vatican Funds

Posted 08.01.2011 | Religion

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Prosecutors in Rome on Wednesday (June 1) released $33 million (23 million euros) in ...

Vatican Creates Financial Watchdog Amid Bank Probe

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Thursday created a financial watchdog agency and issued new laws to fight money laundering and terrorist financing...

Vatican Bank Facing Money Laundering Probe

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

VATICAN CITY — Italian authorities seized euro23 million ($30 million) from a Vatican bank account Tuesday and said they have begun investigatin...

Vatican: Bank's Money-Laundering Probe 'Caused By Misunderstanding'

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Wednesday the seizure by police of euro23 million ($30 million) from a Vatican bank account and the investigatio...

Putting Aside a Scandal-Ridden Church, Among Other Childish Things

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Leonce Gaiter

With evidence that the Pope enabled the rape of children through inaction, it is appropriate to examine the Church's authority on morality and spirituality.