Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva, a prominent vicar in a city on the outskirts of São Paulo, was one of 24 individuals named in the probe whose homes were raided by police this week.
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Pope Francis's appointment of six women among the new members to the Vatican's Council for the Economy, has drawn praise for expanding the role of women into a previously all male body.