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Australia rules out transfer fraud related to cardinal Pell 1 minute read
Sydney, Australia, Feb 3 (efe-epa).- Australian Police said Wednesday it had not found irregularities in funds transfers made from the Vatican between 2014 and 2020, following suspicions of money laundering in a case related to controversial Cardinal George Pell.
In a statement, Australian Federal Police said it “had not identified criminal misconduct to date” by completing the analysis of the information provided by the financial intelligence agency (AUSTRAC) regarding these transfers from the Holy See.
The agency, in charge of fighting money laundering, said last month that as a result of a computer failure it had made a mistake in calculating the total amount transferred from the Vatican.
Former Vatican security chief praises pope’s financial reforms
Jan 7, 2021 senior correspondent
Pope Francis reaches out to grab a baseball thrown by someone in the crowd as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican Sept. 24. The pope gave a sign it was okay for the ball to be thrown, then leapt and almost caught a slightly high throw. The ball was picked up by Domenico Giani, the pope s lead bodyguard, center. The pope signed the ball, which according to a YouTube video was thrown by a member of the Koeppel family from St. Edward s Church in Palm Beach, Fla., in the hope of raising money for their parish. (Credit: CNS photo/Claudio Peri, EPA.)
Pope Francis in 2020: A pandemic year in pictures
Dec 30, 2020 senior correspondent
Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)
While every year is unique in its own way, 2020 will arguably go down as among the most memorable in recent history, and these pictures attempt to capture the major moments of the past 12 months.
ROME – While every year is unique in its own way, 2020 will arguably go down as among the most memorable in recent history. Some of the most iconic images for perhaps the next century have emerged over the past 12 months, most of which are related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Top Five Catholic Dogs that didn’t Bark in 2020
Dec 27, 2020 editor
The now-commonplace expression “the dog that didn’t bark” means that sometimes the fact something one would have expected to happen didn’t is the key to understanding a situation.
News Analysis
ROME – In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1892 Sherlock Holmes short story “Silver Blaze,” about the disappearance of a celebrated racehorse and the murder of its trainer, the following exchange occurs.
Scotland Yard detective: “Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?”
Holmes: “To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.”