Books about the great profligacy of the Vatican
The authors of the book claim that the Vatican has a very valuable property, but managed very badly, and is wasteful and corrupt.
The Vatican is very far from the ideal of Pope Francis of "poor Church for the poor", reveals two books of Italian journalists that will be available in bookstores today, and for which the Italian public believes that it will once again shake up the Vatican hierarchy.
Books merchants in the temple Gianluigi Nuzzija Avarice and Emiliano Fittipaldi are based on confidential Vatican documents.
Due to their alleged sharing reporters last weekend arrested Spanish prelate in the Vatican Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda and Italian Francesca Chaouqui laywomen. They were both members meanwhile dissolved the committee that oversaw the Vatican's financial operations in 2013 and 2014.
Nuzzi and Fittipaldi write that the Vatican has assets worth four billion euros, not only in Rome but also in London, Switzerland, Paris, including the apartment that was once hired former French President Francois Mitterrand, but that property is managed very badly.
"If these properties well managed ... profit would have been four times," said Nuzzi at a press conference ahead of the publication of the book, accusing that many luxury apartments for rent cardinals "cheaply".
Pope Francis has refused to live in the luxurious papal quarters and decided to stay at a relatively modest apartment in the house of the holy Martha, where otherwise cardinals are staying during the conclave, but because some of his cardinals living in apartments between 250 and 500 square meters, the authors write books.
Fittipaldi announced that Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State during the pontificate of Benedict XVI, spent 200,000 euros to renovate the apartment of 300 square meters, and all paid the Vatican's Children's Hospital, who organized a helicopter flight and one for 24,000 euros.
Vatican rejects claims
Both authors condemn the unbelievable price of beatification and canonization, where Nuzzi says that sponsors paid a record 750,000 euros for the beatification of an Italian priest Antonio Rosminija.
Other findings include the suspicion of the existence of the black market trade in alcohol, tobacco and fuel, which is behind the Vatican walls sold at lower prices, in the absence of control over tenders and procurement Vatican City State and the inappropriate use of Petrova coins, personal papal humanitarian fund.
"From 10 euros to enter the Peter penny, six went to cover losses Curia, two in the state reserves, and only two for the real humanitarian needs," said Nuzzi reporters.
In another surprising finding, Nuzzi writes that the bank accounts of deceased Pope still open. For example, the account in the name of Ivana Paul I, who died in 1978 after only 33 days pontificate, is 110,863 euros.
Two books suggest that Francis's attempts to reform the Vatican bureaucratic machine - the Roman Curia, at best, only half managed to cast doubt on the ability of the Australian Cardinal George Pell by Francis appointed "Minister of Finance".
New scandal by leaking documents already called Vatileaks 2, three years after the first such scandal that uncovered uhljebljivanje, tricks and power struggle within the Roman Curia and is believed to have contributed to the shocking decision of Benedict XVI to give up duties.
Nuzzi said he had access to secret recordings crisis meeting four months after Francis' choices which can be heard as the Pope says: "It is no exaggeration to say that most of our costs out of our control."
The Vatican has rejected the book as an amorphous mix of outdated information, but hinted at the possibility of a lawsuit against the author. Italian newspaper Il Messaggero suggested that they could be sued for trafficking in stolen documents.
"From the Vatican's perspective, discovering the secrets of the crime, from the perspective of the Italian journalists that the obligation to inform the public," commented Nuzzi.
Disclosure of confidential documents - a crime
Vatican earlier this week said it arrested two persons for the disclosure of confidential documents of the Holy See, confirming that they are deprived of freedom Francesca Chaouqui and Monsignor Lucio Angel Vallejo Balda.
Monsignor is an employee of the Vatican, while Chaouqui member committee which was formed in 2013 by Pope Francis with a view to implementing financial reforms and the Holy See, which has since disbanded.
Vatican spokesman confirmed that the Vallejo Balda is in jail, and that Chaouqui allowed to defend himself while at liberty, because he cooperated during the investigation.
According to Vatican law, the disclosure of confidential documents is treated as a crime.
Last week, Italian media reported that the Vatican Gendarmerie carried out an investigation to determine who is illegally accessing computer high Vatican prelate in charge of financial matters.
The Vatican confirmed that the investigation there, but is not connected with a double arrest earlier this week.
- 5 Nov, 2015
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