Posts Tagged ‘Jean Baptiste de Franssu’

Vatican Archbishop admits spying on other Vatican officials

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023
Archbishop admits spying

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, the Deputy Secretary of State in the Vatican, has admitted to authorising electronic surveillance of the director of the Vatican bank, Gianfranco Mammì, without legal approval. The revelation came during his testimony at the landmark financial misconduct case. “I did it, and if necessary, I would do it again,” the archbishop Read more

Claim it is now impossible to launder money at Vatican bank

Tuesday, May 17th, 2016

It is now impossible to launder money at the Vatican bank, its chairman has said. Jean-Baptiste de Franssu, chairman of the Institute for the Works of Religion (the Vatican bank), said the institution had tightened its rules. The latest annual report of the IOR showed that 4935 accounts were closed between June 2013 and December Read more