Vatican prosecutors conduct raid on Secretariat of State offices
Vatican City, Oct 1, 2019 / 08:40 am (CNA).- Vatican prosecutors seized documents and electronic devices in a raid executed Tuesday at the offices of the most senior curial department.
According to a statement from the Holy See press office Oct. 1, the raid was conducted at the offices of the general affairs section of the Secretariat of State. The action was authorized by the Vatican City court’s Promoter of Justice, Gian Piero Milano, and Adjunct Promoter of Justice Alessandro Diddi.
The documents and devices were taken in connection to an investigation following complaints brought last summer by the Institute for Religious Works (IOR) - commonly called the Vatican Bank - and the Office of the Auditor General concerning a series of financial transactions “carried out over time,” the statement said.
THAT ITALIAN presedente ROCKS! Thanks be to God.
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Hmmmm ... after Pompeo visit?
The Secretary of State is Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who Francis wants to be elected pope after he's gone.
Parolin is the one who came up with the agreements with the Chinese government and the Russian Orthodox Church, throwing the underground Catholic Church in China and the Russian Byzantine Catholic Church under the bus.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.