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Vatican's investment funds were vehicles for Italian bank fraud

two investment funds used by vatican dicasteries were also used by a major italian bank to conceal illegal investments for which the bank wa...
Ed Condon/CNA

The change to the ‘pontifical secret’ does less than it appears to do

by now, readers will have heard that pope francis has issued a rescript lifting the so-called “pontifical secret” under which the church has...
Christopher R. Altieri

Vatican's investment funds were vehicles for Italian bank fraud

two investment funds used by vatican dicasteries were also used by a major italian bank to conceal illegal investments for which the bank wa...
The Catholic Herald

The change to the 'pontifical secret' does less than it appears to do

by now, readers will have heard that pope francis has issued a rescript lifting the so-called “pontifical secret” under which the church has...
Christopher R. Altieri

Accused nuncio to France resigns post

pope francis has accepted archbishop luigi ventura's resignation as apostolic nuncio to france. ventura was accused of sexual assault earlie...
Hannah Brockhaus/CNA

Dorothy Day: A saint in the making

we are all interested in lives of the saints – those extraordinary men and women who show the rest of us what it really means (and costs) to...
Francis Phillips

What the Peter's Pence furore tells us about Vatican financial reform

a piece by veteran vatican beat journalist francis x rocca ran on the front page of the wall street journal late last week, reporting that o...
Christopher R. Altieri

Bishop Conley announces medical leave of absence from Lincoln diocese

bishop james conley announced friday that he is taking a medical leave of absence from his ministry as bishop of lincoln, neb. “i have been ...
Catholic News Agency

Morning Catholic must-reads: 13/12/19

“nuclear deterrence can only produce the illusion of security,” pope francis has said in his 2020 world day of peace message ( vatican summa...
Luke Coppen

What's happened to French Catholic literature?

there was a time when the names of french catholic writers sprang easily to mind. if pressed, most could identify, say, françois mauriac, ge...
The Catholic Herald