Vatican Bank

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  Pope Francis 'Determined' to Press on with Reforms Despite Leaks Scandal

  Pope Francis is determined to forge ahead with his reform of the Catholic Church despite an embarrassing leak scandal which risks undermining his clean-up bid, according to the pontiff's chief of staff.

• Vatican Bank Audit Finds 202 Suspicious Deals in 2013

  The Vatican bank's stepped-up internal monitoring has led to a sharp rise in suspicious transaction reports -- from just six in 2012 to 202 in 2013 and collaboration with foreign financial authorities has increased sharply.

• Pope Francis's Vatican bank clean-up intensifies amid dirty cash scandal

  Pope Francis's bid to take the scandal-dogged Vatican bank in hand has stepped up a gear, experts said on Tuesday, with the ousting of top management from the institution following the launch of a special papal probe.

• Pope Francis names commission of inquiry into Vatican bank

  Pope Francis has named a commission of inquiry to look into the activities of the troubled Vatican bank amid a fresh money-laundering investigation and questions about what exactly goes on inside the secretive institution.

• Vatican bank chief ousted after no-confidence vote

  The Vatican has said that the head of its bank, who is being investigated in a money laundering case, has been ousted after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers.

• Money-laundering inquiry touches Vatican bank

  Italian monetary authorities said on Tuesday that they had impounded $30 million from the Vatican bank and placed its top two officers under investigation in connection with a money-laundering inquiry. The announcement amounted to another potential storm confronting the papacy of Benedict XVI, who is struggling with the effects of a priestly abuse ...