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Surprises for a cardinal
Cardinal Pell’s Secretariat for the Economy “has had its wings clipped in recent weeks”, wrote Edward Pentin at the National Catholic Register. First an external audit of the Holy See’s finances was cancelled, and then much of its power was transferred back to the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (Apsa).
Pentin said Cardinal Pell was not consulted about either move. News of the Pricewaterhouse-Coopers suspension, he wrote, “came as a surprise to Cardinal Pell”. Neither he nor his office were involved in the decision, “which was announced when both the cardinal and his most senior financial adviser were out of Rome.”
