Vatican union wary of pension fund ‘maneuver’

Vatican employees say they can't afford cuts.

Vatican City’s trade union expressed concern Thursday at Pope Francis’ announcement of sweeping changes to the Vatican’s pension fund.

St. Peter’s Basilica, seen from Rome’s Via della Conciliazione. Ernesto Spaziani via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The Association of Vatican Lay Workers, known by its Italian initials ADLV, complained Nov. 21 that Vatican’s m…