Pope Francis receives death threat as he grapples with Vatican financial scandals
Vatican CityRNS Italian police officers are investigating an envelope discovered on Monday containing three nine millimetre bullets and a letter referring to Vatican financial mismanagement, in an apparent threat aimed at Pope Francis. The message is the latest bizarre twist in a three-year-old scandal that is at the centre of a high-profile trial involving 10 […]
Pope tells Vatican bureaucrats to stop gossipy conflicts
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to stop their gossipy, self-absorbed conflicts, issuing another tough-love Christmas message at the end of a year marked by the coronavirus pandemic and a financial scandal at the Holy See. Francis gathered his cardinals, bishops and Vatican prelates for his annual Christmas greeting in the Apostolic […]
Vatican cardinal pushes back after Pope fires him in scandal
Rome, ItalyAP A powerful Vatican cardinal who was sacked by Pope Francis in an astonishing twist to the Vatican’s latest financial scandal pushed back Friday against allegations he embezzled Holy See money and denied he did anything wrong. Cardinal Angelo Becciu presided over an extraordinary news conference a day after Francis fired him and yanked […]