LOL, that is 17.720 Billion LIRE! If you had read the article that you linked you would have seen that in 2000 the Lira had an exchange rate of 2,080.89 Lire per dollar. As the article states, this was equal to only $8,516,000 US. This is hardly a large amount for an institution with the world wide responsibilities of the Vatican. BTW, most years the Vatican runs a deficit.