Pope reshuffles the Vatican bank and sacks four cardinals from oversight commission

Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:34 UTC

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Pope Francis shook up the scandal-plagued Vatican bank, removing four of five cardinals from an oversight body in a break with the clerical financial establishment he inherited from his predecessor. It was his latest move to get to grips with an institution that has often been an embarrassment for the Holy See and which he has vowed to either reform or close. Read full article

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golfcronie
The bank denies it, says it all really, they are not going to admit it are they.
Jan 17th, 2014 - 12:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
#1. I think that maybe the Pope's team have done the sums
and found that there would be very little of the edifice of the
Catholic 'church' left if all those corrupt-in-office were excommunicated and jailed.
Jan 17th, 2014 - 04:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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(2) GeoffWard2
If I remember correctly, ”the edifice of the Catholic church is faith...
More or less like the Church of Scotland...
Anglicans, on the other hand...
Jan 17th, 2014 - 05:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
apparently it was the four that did not vote for him,

so they say ?
Jan 17th, 2014 - 08:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard2
Think,
the only faith that you can be sure of is their faith that they would never, ever be brought to book.
I once had to remove an anglican priest from officiating in the local school where I lived - it hit the national press big time. He stayed in the faith but joined a 'closed order' to 'distance himself from temptation'.
Jan 18th, 2014 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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