One of the untold sad stories of recent times in India is the corruption within churches who distributed aid following the pogrom against Christians in Orissa in 2007 and 2008. Some took cash from donors and walked away with it; others diverted funds to unrelated projects, splashed out on new SUVs or refurbished their own […]
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Have you ever heard of a Catholic bishop abducted, blindfolded, hands tied, stripped, locked up and tortured mercilessly by three of his own priests in “Dady’s Home,” an institution run by one of them? No it is not a fairy tale! It really happened to Bishop Prasad Gallela of Cuddapah, Andhra Pradesh, India. The culprits […]
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Savio Rodrigues is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Goa Chronicle. In this must watch video he separates the Christian faith from the institution and corporation that the Catholic Church is and highlights the extraordinary corruption that permeates it today. The Christian faith is under pressure because of the abundance of allegations of sexual abuse amongst simple priests […]
Read MoreA new commission is looking to establish financial accountability for Christian leaders Agroup of concerned church leaders and activists in southern India has launched a campaign to combat “the deep-rooted cancer of corruption” within churches. The campaign has been established following the murder of a bishop, the imprisonment of another, and a rise in concern […]
Read MoreThe case of Gianluigi Torzi is likely to shed a light on one of the Catholic church’s most controversial financial deals in decades As the rest of Italy relaxed on December 26 2018, Gianluigi Torzi put on a dark suit and tie for an important meeting. The client the Italian businessman was visiting later that […]
Read MoreCecilia Marogna worked for Cardinal Becciu, who was forced by the pope to resign last month A woman who has said she was given hundreds of thousands of euros by a powerful Vatican cardinal to conduct secret intelligence missions for the Holy See in Africa has been arrested by Italy’s financial police. Cecilia Marogna, 39, […]
Read MoreThe Vatican Bank is undergoing yet another series of reforms in an effort to shed the scandals of the past. Jules Gray looks at the history of the Catholic Church’s troubled financial arm Cardinal George Pell during a sermon at the Papal Basilica of St Paul’s Cathedral in Rome, Italy BANKINGAuthor: Jules GraySeptember 5, 2014 Top 5 […]
Read MoreCardinal Angelo Becciu is one of ten individuals facing charges such as extortion, abuse of office and fraud. The indictment relates to a €350 million investment in a London real estate venture. The once-powerful head of the Catholic Church’s saint-making office faces trial over a €350 million ($415 million) investment in a London real estate venture, the Holy […]
Read MoreBy Avi Jorisch Italian prosecutors have now detained the former head of the Vatican’s bank after searching his home and former office for suspected criminal behavior. Catholics and followers of the Holy See will be disappointed to learn that the Vatican’s bank appears to be embroiled in yet another financial scandal. After a number of very embarrassing […]
Read MoreWhen news first broke on Tuesday that Italian prosecutors were investigating the Vatican Bank for violations of anti-money-laundering regulations, the story seemed to be that the bank had returned to its old ways. Reports in the press referenced the Vatican’s connection to a 1980s financial scandal in which Italy’s second largest bank, Banco Ambrosiano, went […]
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