A leading Italian Catholic cardinal and an ex-government minister are under investigation for corruption. Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, the archbishop of Naples, previously ran the department that co-ordinates the Vatican’s foreign missions. He is accused of colluding with Pietro Lunardi, a former transport minister, to offer cut-price property deals. He says he will co-operate with the […]
Read MoreVATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said in an interview published on Friday that he is determined to root out corruption in the Catholic Church but that he is not overly optimistic because it is a centuries-old human problem. In an interview with the Italian news agency AdnKronos, Francis also said he listens to his […]
Read MoreROME (Reuters) – One of Italy’s most prominent Catholic cardinals and a former minister have been put under investigation as a corruption scandal that has tainted the government spread to touch the Vatican. Magistrates told Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe and Pietro Lunardi, former infrastructure and transport minister in the center-right government, they were being investigated for […]
Read MoreVATICAN CITY — Corruption is an “ancient evil” that continues to plague the Catholic Church in different ways, Pope Francis said. In an interview with the Italian news agency Adnkronos, published Oct. 30, the pope discussed his thoughts on several issues, including the nature of corruption given recent allegations of financial malfeasance involving the Vatican. Despite past and present efforts […]
Read MoreProceedings have begun in what observers call the largest criminal trial in modern times involving Vatican officials. Ten people, including a once powerful cardinal, are facing charges of corruption and fraud. The trial is the result of a two-year investigation into a failed investment of more than 400 million dollars into the London property market […]
Read MoreA new scandal has shaken the sacred walls of the Vatican in Rome. Vatican City in EuropeOn Monday, Nov. 2, authorities in the papal state arrested Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda and Doctor Francesca Immacolata Chaouqui. Chaouqui was released shortly afterwards, but she remains under investigation. Vallejo Balda is still in custody. The two both […]
Read MoreOne of New Delhi’s most famous Catholic activists is applying Francis clean-up operation in his own country. “In Orissa too people walked away with donations” PUBBLICATO IL06 Ottobre 2013 ULTIMA MODIFICA30 Dicembre 201912:12 “Can corruption be banished from the Indian Church?”: A decidedly striking title. But what is even more striking is who wrote and published […]
Read MoreShekinah TV, run by an evangelical movement under the church, comes on the heels of two top priests being charged with rape and corruption. Mired in allegations of rape and corruption against its top priests, the Catholic Church in Kerala has launched a television channel to spread “positive news”. Shekinah TV went on air on […]
Read MoreOver 150 priests have decided not to co-operate with Cardinal Mar George Alancherry who was reinstated as the head of the diocese by Vatican on Thursday as he faces allegations of corruption. The ongoing tussle between a section of priests and Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese aggravated after dissident priests held a meeting in Aluva (Kochi) on Friday. […]
Read MoreCHENNAI: A self-regulatory mechanism will soon be in place to check corruption in churches, said Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal leader of the Church of England CHENNAI: A self-regulatory mechanism will soon be in place to check corruption in churches, said Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the principal leader […]
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