Holy High Court: Vatican’s historic trial over West London property begins LAW In a hot and busy courtroom in London the legal parties for the Vatican and a City financier set out their arguments as the two week trial kicks off
Father, Son, and My Lord: Vatican faces English High Court over luxury Chelsea property fraud LAW The home of the Catholic Church, an expensive London building and an alleged multi-million pound fraud lawsuit heads to the London High Court
Credit Suisse and Citco face £430m lawsuit over Chelsea property deal that lost Vatican £100m London The filing of a €500m (£430m) lawsuit against Credit Suisse and Citco over the loss of millions in charitable funds through a Chelsea property deal has led to calls for greater transparency around the “origins of money used to purchase high-value property” in Britain. The calls come after Anglo-Italian financier Raffaele Mincione’s WRM Group filed [...]
Watch as the Vatican rolls out all stops for its ‘Click to Pray’ app October 20, 2021 The Vatican pulled out all the stops today to roll out its latest “Click to Pray” app offering what it hopes will be a better digital praying experience. Watch the full report.
Former Bain consultant hired by Pope to evaluate a Vatican administrative office August 6, 2021 Pope Francis has reportedly brought on a former Bain & Company consultant to help execute a new reform package in the Vatican. Pier Francesco Pinelli, now a partner at an Italian consulting firm, spent seven years as a senior manager at the big three firm’s Italian wing. Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich was asked by the [...]
Three Vatican Swiss Guards who refused Covid vaccine quit as Pope’s bodyguard October 4, 2021 Three Vatican Guards have returned to Switzerland after they refused to the Coronavirus vaccine, a Swiss Guard official said today. Lieutenant Urs Breitenmoser told Swiss media that all Swiss Guards had been asked to be vaccinated “to protect their health and that of the others they come into contact with as part of their service”. [...]
Financier of London restaurants jailed after Italian fraud trial December 21, 2023 The financier behind a collapsed chain of London seafood restaurants has been sentenced to six years in prison in an Italian fraud trial that has rocked the Vatican. Gianluigi Torzi, the man responsible for the Seasons chain of fish restaurants, was sentenced alongside Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand [...]
Vatican insiders go on trial for embezzlement in Holy See’s first prosecution of a powerful cardinal July 27, 2021 In a case based on a widespread probe into the allegedly criminal management of the Holy See’s portfolio of assets, including donations by countless Catholic worshippers, a trial is due to begin this morning in Vatican City which includes 10 defendants, including a once-powerful cardinal. Among the defendants is Italian prelate Angelo Becciu, a veteran [...]
Holy orders: Vatican rolls out ‘no jab, no job’ policy February 18, 2021 The Vatican has issued a decree to its 5,000 staff warning that those who refuse a Covid vaccination may be fired. Employees at the holy site must have a documented medical reason for refusing a jab or face “consequences of various degrees which may go as far as the termination of employment”, said Cardinal Giuseppe [...]
Pope Benedict, first to resign in 600 years dies aged 95 December 31, 2022 Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first pope to resign in 600 years has died. According to a statement by the Vatican, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI died today at 9:34 in the Mater Ecclesia Monastery in the Vatican. Born as Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Germany in 1927, he led the Catholic Church for eight years, before [...]