Vatican City
New Vatican Bank Chief Vows Focus On ‘Catholic, Ethical Investments’
By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY — The newly appointed head of the Vatican’s bank, the Institute for Religious Works, pledged on Wednesday to focus on “Catholic, ethical investments,” as part of plans to clean up the scandal-plagued institution. Over the decades, the Vatican bank has been involved in a long list of financial scandals, allegedly […]
July 9, 2014
Italy Priests To Give Up Salary In Honor Of Canonized John XXIII
VATICAN CITY — Priests in the northern Italian town of Bergamo will be asked to give up a month of their salaries to fund charity projects in the name of the soon-to-be-saint Pope John XXIII, Vatican officials said Monday. John XXIII, who led the Catholic Church from 1958 until his death in 1963, came from […]
March 31, 2014