Vatican memos: Financial office risked becoming ‘a charade’

Internal Vatican documents from 2016 warned top financial departments risked "the appearance of ongoing reform, but with no real substance.”

Internal Vatican reports warned in 2016 that a papally-created financial reform group was in danger of becoming “a charade.” Sources also say that Cardinal Angelo Becciu authorized that year a move to drain the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy’s bank account of millions of euros overnight, in a bid to undercut the department’s independence.

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