Go here to read the rest. “Vatican Struggles to Sort Out Its Finances” is a perennial headline. Perhaps when Christ stated that love of money is the root of all evil, He had the clergy in mind. Sloppiness, and worse, in handling the funds entrusted by the laity, leads to sloppiness, and worse, in other areas.
I think the Holy See has about 4,000 employees. It shouldn’t be that difficult to fix this. If they ever cared to do so.
Bribes are so expensive.
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