Make it easier to prosecute top Vatican clerics, financial watchdog urges
Vatican CityReuters A financial watchdog urged the Vatican on Wednesday to sharpen up its procedure for prosecuting senior clerics and hire more investigators with financial expertise. In a 275-page report on efforts to protect the city-state against the scandals that have plagued it down the decades, the monitoring body of the Council of Europe was […]
Holy See: Probe highlights Vatican legal system’s limited protections
NICOLE WINFIELD, of Associated Press, reports on how an investigation into a Vatican property investment has exposed weaknesses in the tiny city state’s judicial system…
Vatican watchdog sees record cooperation levels despite raid
AP The Vatican’s financial watchdog agency has reported record levels of internal cooperation despite being thrown into turmoil in October when Vatican police raided its offices as part of an investigation into a €350 million London real estate deal. The Financial Information Authority, created in 2010 to help the Vatican shed its reputation as an […]