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For sure, I'm no Nostradamus. To cite just one example of my failures as a prognosticator, in 1999 I published a biography of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger containing four reasons why his election as pope was improbable. We're now, of course, into the eighth year of his reign. A month ago, however, I finally got one Read more

A Vatican watershed on transparency, and a new tool for reformers... Read more]]> For sure, I'm no Nostradamus. To cite just one example of my failures as a prognosticator, in 1999 I published a biography of then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger containing four reasons why his election as pope was improbable. We're now, of course, into the eighth year of his reign.

A month ago, however, I finally got one right.

On June 22, previewing an evaluation of the Vatican's financial transparency by Moneyval, the Council of Europe's anti-money laundering body, I wrote: "The report is probably destined to trigger confusing and conflicting headlines about how well the Vatican did." Read more

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John L Allen Jr is NCR senior correspondent.

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