Posted on 01/04/2021 6:34:26 PM PST by marshmallow
Vatican City, Jan 4, 2021 / 12:00 pm MT (CNA).- Australia’s Catholic bishops are considering raising questions with the country’s financial watchdog authority about whether any Catholic organizations were among the recipients of billions of Australian dollars in transfers reputedly from the Vatican.
AUSTRAC, Australia’s financial intelligence agency, revealed in December that the equivalent of around US$1.8 billion had been sent to Australia from the Vatican or Vatican-related entities since 2014.
The money was reportedly sent in about 47,000 separate transfers.
The transfers were first reported by the newspaper The Australian after being made public in response to a parliamentary question by Australian Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells.
The Australian Catholic bishops said they had no knowledge of any Catholic dioceses, charities, or organizations in the country receiving the funds, and Vatican officials have also denied knowledge of the transfers, according to Reuters.
A Vatican official told Reuters that “that amount of money and that number of transfers did not leave the Vatican City,” and that the Vatican would also be seeking more details from Australian authorities.
“It’s not our money because we don’t have that kind of money,” the official, who asked to remain anonymous, told Reuters.
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not surprised whatever comes out of this...
Maybe some cattle rustling proceeds?
Big price to pay to keep Cardinal Pell locked up in solitary.
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