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Vatican Austerity Means Donated Nativity Scene

December 13th, 2012 12:35 pm Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has happily accepted a donated Nativity scene for St. Peter’s Square this Christmas after its previous €550,000 ($717,000) setup was exposed by the embarrassing scandal over leaked Vatican documents.

Monsignor Giuseppe Sciacca, the No. 2 administrator of the Vatican city state, told reporters Thursday that the Vatican was spending just €21,800 ($28,400) for labor and costs to mount the larger-than-life scene that will be unveiled Dec. 24. The Italian region of Basilicata — one of Italy’s poorest — provided the scene itself after raising nearly €90,000 ($117,000) from corporate and other sponsors.

One of the most damaging documents leaked during the so-called Vatileaks scandal was a letter from Sciacca’s predecessor complaining that the Vatican was losing millions on corruption and unnecessary expenses such as the 2009 scene.



  • Sand_Cat

    The Vatican is a lot like the Republicans: takes money from the poorest to support its own extravagances. Don’t believe this is the only thing the poor in the church are paying for!

  • http://www.facebook.com/juliepatricia.smith Julie Patricia Smith

    shouldn’t let the catholic church priests or brothers anywhere near babies or children. they are a disgraceful organisation, the largest network of organised pedophiles in the world. Just watch the royal commission on this in australia