The Vatican has denied media reports claiming that cardinals tasked with deciding the fate of its bank’s president were struggling to come to an agreement as an internal rift widens.
The commission of cardinals must decide whether or not to uphold the bank board’s decision to oust Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, who was fired for allegedly failing to clean up the institution’s image amid accusations of corruption and money-laundering.
But media reports had said the cardinals were split, with two of the four siding with Mr Gotti Tedeschi, widening the bitter rift between the financial ethics expert and Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican number two.
“It’s not true, there is no split. The commission has taken note of the board’s decision and has written to Gotti Tedeschi,” Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi told a press conference in Milan during the Church-sponsored World Meeting of Families.
Mr Lombardi made no reference to other media reports suggesting the cardinals were being forced to choose sides in the “Vatileaks” scandal. Continue reading
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