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    • Monday, 23 January, 2023
      OutlookAmy Kazmin
      Doctrinal battles and intrigue exposed in Gorgeous George’s Vatican memoir

      The book is part of the increasingly public campaign by clerical conservatives to undermine Pope Francis

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      Vatican
      Vatican’s former audit chief launches €9.3mn legal case over dismissal

      Libero Milone and his deputy lost their jobs after seeking to probe one of church’s ‘off books’ Swiss bank accounts

    • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
      News in-depthWorld23 min
      Can the Vatican reform its finances?

      Legal cases focus on controversial investments made by Vatican officials

    • Tuesday, 1 June, 2021
      Residential
      Fantasy Home: a palazzo fit for prankishness inspired by The Young Pope

      Our writer yearns for Vatican-style splendour to witness up close some Machiavellian mischief 

    • Wednesday, 30 December, 2020
      Vatican
      Vatican reforms finances following London property scandal

      Pope Francis strips Holy See’s central administration office of assets

    • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
      Vatican
      Loan from middleman charged in Vatican’s property ‘scandal’ revealed

      Prior links between seller of London building and man who acted on behalf of the Holy See to buy it

    • Friday, 28 February, 2020
      Artificial intelligence
      IBM and Microsoft sign Vatican pledge for ethical AI

      Tech giants promise to develop new technology in way that protects the rights of all people

    • Tuesday, 18 February, 2020
      Vatican raids home of official in London property probe

      Police seize records from Alberto Perlasca over purchase of luxury Chelsea building

    • Friday, 6 December, 2019
      Hong Kong
      Hong Kong’s Catholics defy Vatican over protests

      Church deeply divided as Holy See accused of not wanting to offend Beijing

    • Monday, 18 November, 2019
      Vatican’s top financial regulator becomes latest official to leave

      Police had raided AIF agency as part of probe into luxury London property investment

    • Tuesday, 5 November, 2019
      Italian politics
      Giuseppe Conte denies conflict of interest in Vatican fund deal

      Italy’s prime minister testifies to parliament over advice he gave as a private lawyer

    • Saturday, 2 November, 2019
      Ousted auditor says he got too close to secret Vatican accounts

      Libero Milone believes his probe into huge sums held ‘off the books’ led to his removal

    • Monday, 28 October, 2019
      Giuseppe Conte
      Italy’s prime minister distances himself from Vatican fund probe

      The FT reported that consortium had hired Giuseppe Conte as a legal adviser

    • Sunday, 27 October, 2019
      Giuseppe Conte
      Italy PM linked to investment fund being investigated by Vatican

      Giuseppe Conte did legal work for consortium seeking telecoms deal before taking office

    • Friday, 18 October, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Vatican spent over a year examining Angolan oil investment

      Custodian of donations to Church was approached by businessman with links to senior cardinal

    • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      The Vatican, a Chelsea property deal and Brexit

      Pope Francis has ordered an investigation into a London investment by the body managing charitable donations

    • Monday, 14 October, 2019
      Vatican police investigate Holy See’s bet on Chelsea property project

      Chelsea development generated large profits for investment fund of UK-based financier

    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Vatican hires anti-Mafia prosecutor to head criminal tribunal

      Giuseppe Pignatone appointed after claims of financial misconduct at heart of church

    • Friday, 12 July, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Maestro quits pope’s choir as financial scandal strikes wrong note

      Massimo Palombella resigns as Vatican investigates claims of fraud and embezzlement

    • Sunday, 16 June, 2019
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Catholic Church: paedophilia scandal dents Poland’s faith

      In the face of intense scrutiny and allegations can the country’s clerics restore trust?

    • Thursday, 9 May, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Pope Francis puts pressure on bishops over sexual abuse

      Clerics to be directly accountable for covering up cases

    • Thursday, 7 March, 2019
      Catholic Church
      French cardinal Philippe Barbarin convicted of child abuse cover-up

      Archbishop of Lyon to resign over latest child sex scandal to rock Catholic church

    • Wednesday, 27 February, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Cardinal George Pell’s bail revoked after sex abuse conviction
    • Tuesday, 26 February, 2019
      Catholic Church
      Cardinal George Pell convicted of sexual abuse

      Most senior official in Catholic Church to be convicted of child sex offences

    • Sunday, 24 February, 2019
      Religion
      Pope vows ‘all-out battle’ against child abuse in Catholic Church

      Vatican summit of 190 bishops ends without concrete measures for prevention

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