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A cardinal in the dock would mark real reform in Vatican justice
Feb 18, 2021 editor
In this Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015 filer, judge Giuseppe Dalla Torre, the now retired president of the Vatican tribunal, center, attends the inauguration ceremony of the 86th Judicial Year of the Vatican tribunal at the Vatican. Pope Francis has made another set of changes to the Vatican City State’s legal code, which has come under heightened scrutiny and criticism as Vatican prosecutors seek to crack down on financial crimes and mismanagement by Holy See monsignors and money managers. (Credit: AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca.)
On Tuesday, Pope Francis moved to address the perception that the system is rigged against defendants with a series of reforms, such as modifying the requirements for “in absentia” trials as well introducing the possibility of reduced sentences for good behavior and rehabilitation programs.
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Cardinal Parolin asked Vatican bank for loan to exit troubling London realty deal
Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, said he intended to use the loan to pay off a mortgage on the property that was weighing heavily on the Vatican coffers. Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin attends a meeting in Milan, Italy, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
January 11, 2021
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the second-highest-ranking official at the Vatican, requested a loan two years ago from the Vatican Bank, also referred to as the IOR, or Institute of Religious Works, hoping to buy a high-priced property in London currently at the center of the institution’s financial scandals, calling it “a valid investment,” according to a letter leaked to the Italian newspaper Domani.