Vatican watchdog: Suspicious financial reports rose in 2025

The annual report from ASIF cited 'extraordinary events affecting the Catholic Church and the Holy See in 2025.'

The Vatican’s financial watchdog announced Thursday that it saw an increase in suspicious activity reports in 2025.

Palazzo San Carlo, the seat of the Vatican Supervisory and Financial Information Authority. Jordiferrer/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Supervisory and Financial Information Authority’s latest annual report, published April 30, detailed 78 repor…