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Vatican Financial Transparency. The path to the milestone Moneyval report

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 23 luglio 2012 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

In order to understand the path the Holy See began and is staying on to achieve full -international financial transparency, one should look beyond the seven negative ratings (out of 16 core and key recommendations to combat money laundering) and beyond the 23 negative ratings on the general recommendations (out of 45, [...]

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Strasbourg locuta causa finita? The perils on the Holy See path to financial transparency

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 9 luglio 2012 · 2 Comments · In Holy See

Strasbourg locuta, causa finita? (Strasbourg has spoken, the case is closed?). This expression is taken from Saint Augustine’s «Roma locuta, causa finita». In Saint Augustine’s times, two councils of African bishops had requested Rome (the Apostolic See) to concur with their conclusion on a particular matter, and Rome had replied in two reports (rescripts [...]

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The release of IOR resolution is a milestone. Here is why

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 28 maggio 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Holy See

«All you need to say is simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything beyond this comes from the evil one». In Benedict XVI’s Church, this passage from Matthew’s Gospel is ever more being followed. Proof of it is the release of the no confidence resolution of the Board of Superintendence of the IOR (Institute for [...]

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Are the attacks on the Vatican anti money-laundering law attacks against Holy See sovereignty?

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 30 aprile 2012 · 5 Comments · In Vatican finances

Benedict XVI had been defined «the last of Benedictins». As Saint Benedict, who in 529 founds the monastery of Montecassino and from there – with the ora et labora, the collections and copy of texts, founds a new civilizations, so Benedict XVI goes over the scandals and the human problems of the [...]

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Babylon. Behind the quiet revolution of Benedict XVI, guerrilla. From inside and outside the Church

By Andrea Gagliarducci On 13 febbraio 2012 · 1 Comment · In Holy See

«The important thing is that the message, the response of Fatima, in substance is not directed to particular devotions, but precisely to the fundamental response, that is, to ongoing conversion, penance, prayer, and the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. […] As for the new things which we can find in this message [...]

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