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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis urges global leaders to end 'tyranny' of money [View all]msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. Fix the Vatican Bank, il Papi, and then get back to us.
ROME The director and deputy director of the Vatican bank resigned on Monday, following the arrest of a senior cleric with close connections to the bank who is accused of plotting to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) into Italy from Switzerland.
A statement from the Vatican said Paolo Cipriani and Massimo Tulli had handed in their resignations, three days after the arrest of Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, an accountant in a Vatican department who is the subject of two separate investigations by Italian magistrates.
Ernst von Freyberg, the bank's president will take over as interim director general and a new position of chief risk officer will also be created to improve compliance with financial regulations.
In the latest of a series of blows to the Vatican's scandal-plagued bank, Scarano, 61, was arrested on Friday along with Giovanni Zito, a secret services agent, and financial broker Giovanni Carenzio.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/01/19236486-top-vatican-bank-managers-resign-amid-cash-smuggling-scandal?lite
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Pope Francis urges global leaders to end 'tyranny' of money [View all]
Jeff In Milwaukee
Jul 2013
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Like the sex abuse scandals, this current Pope is merely appointing other clergy to clean up the
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#16
Look at what you wrote---THREE YEARS after the Italians start an investigation, the Vatican
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#19
That was rude, pnwmom. Francis has not 'acted quickly'--he expelled only just ahead of the charges
msanthrope
Jul 2013
#22
Your definition of "acting quickly" is different from mine, or that of most Italians.
pnwmom
Jul 2013
#25
I'm sure the Catholics who oppose abortion, birth control, and gay marriage..
denverbill
Jul 2013
#11