Posts Tagged ‘Bambino Gesù Hospital’

Vatican Financial Information Authority reports improvement

Monday, April 30th, 2018

The Vatican Financial Information Authority says suspicious financial activity in the Vatican has decreased for the second year in a row. The Authority says efforts to help the Vatican comply with international norms for fighting money laundering and terrorist financing are paying off. A report which the Authority released last Friday says 150 suspicious financial Read more

Corruption in the court: Cardinal Bertone fingered

Thursday, October 5th, 2017

The latest scandal emerging from the Vatican’s Bambino de Jesu corruption trial has come from Italian contractor Gianantonio Bandera. He told the Vatican tribunal that arrangements for remodeling Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s Vatican apartment were made by Bertone himself. Bertone was the person who contacted his firm about the renovations, Bandera said. Both Bertone and Bandera have Read more

Vatican fraud trial hears reports about cardinal’s role

Thursday, July 27th, 2017

The Vatican fraud trial involving Giuseppe Profiti, former president of the foundation governing Bambino Gesù children’s hospital and Massimo Spina, the foundation’s former treasurer is underway. The court is currently hearing conflicting reports about Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s role in the fraud investigation. Bertone is the former Secretary of State under Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Read Read more