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(Vatican Radio) The Holy See Press Office has issued a statement concerning indictments for embezzlement of funds from the Bambino Gesù Foundation, which exists to support the work of the Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital.The Statement says the former President of the Foundation, Giuseppe Profiti, and the former Treasurer of the same Foundation, Massimo Spina, were summoned to appear before the court to answer charges that they diverted more than four hundred thousand euro (€400,000) belonging to the Foundation.The charges were brought by the Office of the Promoter for Justice, the Vatican prosecutor, at the end of a preliminary investigation into the misuses of Foundation funds. A preliminary hearing has been set for Tuesday, 18 July.
Vatican City, Jul 13, 2017 / 06:22 am (CNA).- The Vatican announced Thursday that an investigation involving the former president and treasurer of the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesù hospital in Rome will proceed to trial before the Vatican court.The former president, Giuseppe Profiti, and former treasurer, Massimo Spina, have been charged with the illicit use of hospital funds in the amount of 422,005.16 euros ($480,600.58) for the refurbishment of the apartment where Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone lives.The crime is said to have been carried out during the period of November 2013-May 28, 2014 and to have benefited the construction firm of Italian businessman Gianantonio Bandera, which was carrying out the renovations on the apartment.Profiti and Spina were summoned to appear before the court by a June 16, 2017 decree from the president of the Vatican Tribunal, Giuseppe Dalla Torre. The first hearing will take place July 18.The Vatican reported it was conducting an investigation into ...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Tyler OrsburnBy Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- U.S. politics have becomeincreasingly colored by an apocalyptic world view, promoted by certainfundamentalist Christians, that fosters hatred, fear and intolerance, said aninfluential Jesuit magazine.In fact, this world view shares some similarities withIslamic fundamentalism since "at heart, the narrative of terror shapes theworld views of jihadists and the new crusaders" and is drawn fromwellsprings "that are not too far apart," said La Civilta Cattolica,the Jesuit journal reviewed by the Vatican before publication.The article, appearing in the mid-July/August edition andreleased online July 13, was written by the journal's editor, Jesuit FatherAntonio Spadaro, and Marcelo Figueroa, an evangelical Christian, who is thedirector of the Argentine edition of the Vatican newspaper, L'OsservatoreRomano. Written in Italian, an English version was released onwww.laciviltacattolica.com.Titled: "Evangelical Fundamentalism an...
By Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The former head of the Vatican'sdoctrine office denied reports claiming he was dismissed by Pope Francis due todifferences in doctrinal matters. In a story in the German Catholic newspaper Die Tagespost,journalist Guido Horst said Cardinal Gerhard Muller "could not believe hiseyes" upon reading the claims written by Maike Hickson on the onlinejournal OnePeterFive."'This is not true; the conversation had been quitedifferent,'" Horst reported that Cardinal Muller said. OnePeterFive cited a "trustworthy German source"who quoted an eyewitness "who recently sat with Cardinal Muller at lunchin Mainz, Germany" and allegedly heard the cardinal's account of themeeting with Pope Francis. The article claims the pope asked the cardinal's stance onwomen's ordination to the diaconate and priesthood, the repeal of celibacy, theexhortation on the family "Amoris Laetitia" and the dismissal ofthree employees of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Fai...
CHICAGO (AP) -- The Chicago Cubs, scuffling and inconsistent since winning the World Series, acquired ace Jose Quintana from the White Sox on Thursday in a major trade between crosstown rivals....
SINAKARA VALLEY, Peru (AP) -- One by one, Associated Press photographer Rodrigo Abd positioned the traditional dancers, musicians and vendors in front of an old-fashioned box camera in Peru's Sinakara Valley as a colorful Andean festival exploded all around them....
SHENYANG, China (AP) -- In what became one of his most famous essays, Chinese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo wrote, "I have no enemies," in an ode to hope and a repudiation of hatred and fear....
Police on Thursday returned to a large Pennsylvania farm to resume digging and sifting through a deep common grave where multiple remains were discovered, including one identified as one of four men missing since last week. The prosecutor also issued a fresh appeal for more help from the public in trying to solve the case....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Education Department's civil rights chief says she's sorry for making "flippant" remarks attributing 90 percent of campus sexual assault claims to both parties being drunk....
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Saturday Night Live," powered by madcap skits skewering the Trump administration, earned 22 Emmy Award nominations, including bids for Alec Baldwin's florid portrayal of the president and Melissa McCarthy's manic, gender-busting take on press secretary Sean Spicer....
