Posts Tagged ‘Copa America’

Vatican suspends charity deal until FIFA investigation ends

Friday, June 19th, 2015

A charity established by Pope Francis has suspended a donations agreement with a football federation in the wake of the FIFA corruption scandals. The South American football federation CONMEBOL had pledged to donate US$10,000 to the Vatican charity Scholas Occurrentes for every goal scored during the Copa America, which began in Chile on June 11. Read more