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by bcadmin | Apr 27, 2022 | AIF, Archbishop Peña Parra, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Financial Information Authority, News, Rene Brulhart, U.S. & World News, Vatican Secretary of State, Vatican watchdog agency | 0 |
The former director of the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency told the Vatican court that his office’s minimal involvement in a costly property deal was at the behest of Pope Francis and several top Vatican officials.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 10, 2022 | AIF, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, lead, London financial scandal, News, News Analysis, Rene Brulhart, Secretariat of State | 0 |
One Italian newspaper headlined its coverage of the Vatican trial this way: “The accusatory castle of Vatican prosecutors is crumbling piece by piece.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 3, 2022 | AIF, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, lead, News, News Analysis, Rene Brulhart, Tomasso Di Ruzza, Vatican trial | 0 |
The most consequential day of the week’s trial activity may actually come on Tuesday, not Thursday, because that’s the day devoted to René Brülhart, former head of the Vatican’s Financial Information Authority, and Tomasso Di Ruzza, his top aide.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2021 | AIF, lead, London deal, News, Pope Francis, Rene Brulhart, Vatican, Vatican finances | 0 |
With the Vatican’s megatrial on financial crimes reopening today, two surprising names on the list of those in the dock are René Brülhart and Tomasso Di Ruzza, who had both previously played a key role in Pope Francis’s financial cleanup efforts.
Read MoreThe Vatican’s financial watchdog agency said that in 2020 more financial transactions were flagged as suspicious by Vatican offices, but after investigation it did not have to suspend any transactions or freeze any accounts.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2020 | AIF, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, financial scandal, lead, Moneyval, News, Pope Francis, Vatican | 0 |
As the Vatican is undergoing its annual review from the Council of Europe’s financial watchdog following a year of money-related scandals, Pope Francis Thursday condemned the prioritizing of money over people, and touted several steps the Holy See has taken to ensure financial transparency.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2020 | AIF, Carmelo Barbagallo, Financial reform, Italians, lead, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, Prefecture for Economic Affairs, Vatican finances | 0 |
In Francis’s new “Reform 2.0,” which has come into focus over the last four months or so, the assumption is almost exactly the opposite: If you have an Italian problem, then you need your own Italians to fix it.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 3, 2020 | AIF, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Financial Information Authority, News, Vatican | 0 |
The Vatican’s financial watchdog agency has reported record levels of internal cooperation despite being thrown into turmoil in October when Vatican police raided its offices as part of an investigation into a 350 million-euro (nearly $400 million) London real estate deal.
Read MoreChanges Name to Supervisory and Financial Information Authority (SFIA)
The post Vatican’s Financial Information Authority (AIF) Releases Annual Report appeared first on ZENIT – English.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 15, 2020 | AIF, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Financial Information Authority, News, Tomasso Di Ruzza, Vatican, Vatican reform | 0 |
The Vatican on Wednesday replaced the director of its financial watchdog agency, completing a coup that began in October with controversial police raids on the watchdog offices and an investigation into a London real estate deal.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 18, 2020 | AIF, financial scandal, News, Promoter of Justice, Secretariat of State, Vatican, Vatican finances, Vatican Gendarmes | 0 |
The Vatican announced Tuesday that internal investigators have seized documents and computers from the office and residence of the former head of a powerful department responsible for investments.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 23, 2020 | AIF, Associated Press, Financial Information Authority, Financial reform, financial scandal, News, Vatican | 0 |
A global network of financial intelligence units has readmitted the Holy See after a two-month suspension sparked by a Vatican police raid on the Vatican’s financial watchdog agency.
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