DOES THE POPE CONTROL THE FINANCES OF THE VATICAN ?

sport j2 money culture scene INOSLAV BEŠKER WRITES Does the Pope control the finances of the Vatican? 'It is possible that € 454 million was stolen from the Holy See' For more transparent oversight, all investments will be centralized from the end of this year or from the beginning of next, says Father Guerrero By: Inoslav BeškerPosted: October 2, 2020 5:27 pm pope Francis pope Francis Filippo Monteforte Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail Yesterday, after several years of announcements, the Holy See published for the first time a consolidated financial balance sheet, its own and the Roman Curia, on 54 pages, rich in numbers, tables and charts. Until 2016, we only received aggregate numbers. This is the first time that a business can be analyzed. The Holy See and the Roman Curia (excluding the Vatican City State) ended last year with a joint deficit of 11m euros. He is already covered. Pope Francis continued even more resolutely the policy of settling financial flows and their visibility, in which his predecessor Benedict XVI broke his teeth . In the overview balance, it will be harder (not impossible) to cover up crazy failed investments, or vulgar thefts, like the one that cost Cardinal Angelo Becciu both power and parts (except for the apartment and the purple robe). "The economy of the Holy See must be a glass house. That is what the Pope demands," said the prefect of the Secretariat of Economy, Father Juan Antonio Guerrero . "Believers have a right to know how we use resources," he says, explaining, "We are not owners. We are the custodians of what we have received." For the purpose of more transparent supervision, all investments will be centralized from the end of this year or from the beginning of next, says Father Guerrero. They will be run by the Administration of the Apostolic See (APSA), which, unlike the "Vatican Bank" of the IOR, is not under Moneyval's European supervision, Regarding real estate investments in London (in addition to the already famous Harrods Palace in Kensington, apartments in the luxurious districts of the English capital are also coming to light), quiet Prefect Guerrero tells reporters that it is possible that the Holy See was a victim of "not only bad advice but also fraud". A team from the State Secretariat, in conjunction with the brokers it selected (the Vatican gendarmerie reported back in 2013 that Raffaele Mincione was "morally unsuitable" for cooperating with the Holy See), robbed - the Vatican's justice promoter claims - an amount "up to 454 million ". For Harrods Palace, estimated a year earlier at £ 100 million, the seller received £ 200m, but the Secretariat of State, through Chinese offshore and interest boxes, paid £ 363m. They also stole £ 20 million from the Pope's discretionary account at the Swiss bank UBS. Prefect Guerrero puts forward a new thesis: they did not borrow from Peter's coins, alms given by the faithful in the world to the Pope for his needs. RELATED NEWS Mark Zuckerberg RHYMING Will the EU fight off Zuckerberg's blackmail with Facebook RHYMING And Buddhism can be cruel and genocidal. And we considered him peaceful to the point of self-sacrifice Transparency and rationality of financial operations is one of the requirements set by the cardinals before the new pope, when in 2013 they elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio, and he chose the name Poor from Assisi. Frane was chosen primarily to reorganize the Roman Curia, not just finance. On Christmas 2014, he enumerated to the Curia fifteen of her sins. The reform of the Curia, supposedly fully agreed upon, was announced for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul at the end of June 2020. In a month, All Saints are, and there is no reform. The stumbling block is money. The Pope wants to unite all the finances of the Holy See and the Roman Curia in one place. Some would not give their treasuries in which they trust more than in the Holy Spirit. Others are for centralization, but in their own hands and not in someone else's. A compromise has now been announced: only investments will be consolidated. Is that enough to cut the claws of corruption? Sv. John Paul II turned against the Communists, although at the end of the pontificate he remembered that the fascists were worse, because their intention was evil, not just practice. He condemned "racialized nationalism," he suggested sovereignty. He insisted on what he considered crucial. Morality within the Church was not on that list. Pius X . Yet Cardinal Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone openly undermined Benedict’s efforts for clean bills. His successor Parolin accepted the position on the condition that he not mess with the money. His deputy Angelo Becciu was responsible for him, who was fined these days because he gave 100,000 euros from his "Pope's wallet" to his brother in Sardinia. Former prefect of the Secretariat of Economics Cardinal George Pell - who returned to the Vatican this week after three years after being released from an Australian prison - was publicly enjoying Becciu's fall. Some of his brothers in the cardinal had previously enjoyed themselves when he was imprisoned. He did not indign them with pedophilia (he was acquitted of that charge), but by the brutal implementation of the Pope's policy of centralizing money. Someone has maliciously remarked that it is no wonder that John Paul I died after 33 days in such a Vatican, but that John Paul II survived there for 27 years. Benedict XVI resigned after seven years. The Vatican's financial ombudsman was also in the snake's ball. Controller in a car with thieves. Fortunately for the investigators, as soon as the handcuffs rang - the penitents sang, among them Msgr. Alberto Perlasca , Becciu’s “right hand man,” who operated directly on the Pope’s money. The Pope knows why he curses the competing god of Money.