A Vatican tribunal will hear an appeal from Libero Milone, the Holy See’s first-ever auditor general, on July 3. Milone claims his resignation from the role of auditor general was extorted under threat of arrest in 2017, as was a similarly forced resignation of one of his two deputies, Ferruccio Panicco, on the following day. Read more
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Cardinal Pell’s death “shrouded in mystery”
Thursday, July 4th, 2024
A former Vatican auditor-general described Cardinal George Pell’s death as “shrouded in mystery” and revealed that he had vowed to “get to the truth” for his colleague. The Vatican’s first auditor-general, Libero Milone, said “At his funeral, at his casket, I promised him that we would seek out the truth”. Milone added that Pell’s success Read more
Vatican denies legal claims of former Vatican auditors and investigates them instead
Monday, November 21st, 2022Vatican prosecutors shot down a legal suit filed by ex-Vatican auditor Libero Milone and his deputy, Ferruccio Panicco, on Wednesday (Nov 16) and reopened criminal investigations into the two men who once oversaw the balance sheets of Vatican departments. “This is unacceptable!” said a visibly irate Milone at a news conference in Rome on Thursday. Read more
Vatican’s sacked auditors sue Holy See
Monday, November 14th, 2022
Two former Vatican financial auditors – Libero Milone and Ferruccio Panicco are suing the Vatican Secretariat of State. They are demanding the Catholic Church pay for damages to their reputations caused by their unceremonious sacking in 2017. Milone (pictured with the Pope) was the Vatican’s first auditor general. Panicco was his deputy. Pope Francis appointed Read more