On the eve of the Rome trial of a senior cleric accused of money laundering, Pope Francis has moved a trusted aide and a top banking professional to the inner circles of Vatican Bank management in an attempt to balance the impression of past corruption with the promise of future reform.
Still, the corruption within the Vatican Bank, otherwise known as the Institute for Religious Works, or IOR, has historically run deep, and Francis continues to make clear he has little tolerance of worldly corruption.
As WND reported last week, in his apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium,” or “The Joy of the Gospel,” Francis expressed disdain for market capitalism and set an agenda to return the Roman Catholic Church to the humility Christ showed in his devotion to the poor....
Dr. Alan Cairns | 8/3/2009
