The beginning of the end of the (so called) corrupt Roman cult began, when:
< Pope Benedict, had issued a decree for the Vatican to adopt international money-laundering norms to combat the financing of terrorism. This initiative would allow outside auditors to examine the Vatican's financial books. ....... For an institution historically allergic to scrutiny, this constituted a revolution. >
Pope Francis then 'put the icing on the cake' with his Decree (issued Motu Proprio), that commenced on September 1st, 2013.
Goodies V's Baddies - And surely, two unsung heroes?
< As Secretary General of the Governatorate, he [Archbishop Carlo Viganò] spoke at the General Assembly of Interpol in Nov. 2010, saying that ......
....."the issue which needs to be faced is one closely linked to the process of globalisation which is now affecting every aspect of the life of nations, peoples and individuals, and is accompanied by political and economic changes which are often uncontrolled and even uncontrollable. This in fact is what touches most closely the lives of nations and individual citizens.
[And] While it is true that globalisation offers opportunities for development and enrichment, ...... it is also true that it can cause increased poverty and hunger, which in turn can spark chain reactions often leading to widely disparate forms of violence.
Nor can we underestimate the fact that the fruits of technological and scientific progress can, for all their enormous benefits to humanity, be used in a way that clearly violates the order of creation, even to the point of denying the sacredness of life and stripping the human person and the family of their natural identity".
He went on to say:
"The Holy See has always recalled this urgent need, conscious of the fact that the desire for peace, the pursuit of justice, respect for the dignity of the person, humanitarian cooperation and assistance are expressions of the just aspirations of the human spirit and the ideals which ought to undergird international relations.
The Holy See has done so vigorously, even in recent days, as for example by intervening in the current debate on disarmament at the United Nations and urging all parties to reach agreement on definitive and complete disarmament"
Pope Benedict XVI had appointed Viganò ambassador to the United States, a plum post where he would settle into a stately mansion on Massachusetts Avenue, across the street from the vice president's residence.
"He went through the ordeal making it very clear he was unhappy with it," said one former ambassador to the Vatican, who attended the Vatican Gardens ceremony in the late summer of 2011. "And we just couldn't figure out, us outsiders and non-Italians, what was going on."
There was no such confusion within Vatican walls.
Benedict had installed Viganò to enact a series of reforms within the Vatican. But some of Rome's highest-ranking cardinals undercut the efforts and hastened Viganò's exile to the United States. > WP - tinyurl.com/cfskheh
Suspect? Cardinal Bertone... tinyurl.com/mumwyn4
Pope Francis 'furious' at senior Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's plan to 'retire in four-storey penthouse'
< Pope Francis is reportedly furious at the plans of a former senior member of the clergy, who hopes to retire in a palatial penthouse apartment overlooking Rome.
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone was appointed secretary of state - one of the most senior positions in the Church - by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006, and retired last October.
Claims that Bertone planned to create a lavish home emerged in April, and came to a head in late May when Italian gossip magazine, Chi, published a photo of the renovation atop the Palazzo San Carlo building in the Italian city. >
That above story: tinyurl.com/m33y7t5
"The [VatiLeaks] scandal first came to light in January 2012 when Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi published letters from Carlo Maria Viganò, formerly the second ranked Vatican administrator to the Pope, in which he begged not to be transferred for having exposed alleged corruption that cost the Holy See millions in higher contract prices. Viganò is now the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.
On Friday (May 25) 2012 ....Vatican police announced the arrest of a person who was "illicitly in possession" of confidential Vatican documents.
The person was later revealed to be Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict's "assistente di camera," or butler. WP tinyurl.com/q7sy98n
The butler read letters fleshing out how Viganò, an ambitious enforcer of Benedict's good government reforms, had earned powerful enemies.
< In early 2011, a series of hostile anonymous articles attacking Viganò began appearing in the Italian media.
Under duress, Viganò appealed to the pope's powerful second in command, Secretary of State Tarcisio Bertone. Bertone was not sympathetic and instead echoed the articles' complaints about his rough management style and removed Viganò from his post. >
Angelo Sodano, John Paul II's secretary of state and Bertone's predecessor, was not exactly a fan of Bertone...
< Bertone worked diligently to consolidate power. His allies control the church's main financial institutions, prompting one official to write in a leaked document that traditional checks and balances had been ignored. "They say that our principal point of reference is the Secretary of State," the letter read, "yet in many cases he's precisely the problem." Bertone's position also meant he presided over the Vatican Bank, a post he appeared to use to impede Benedict's financial reforms. > WP tinyurl.com/k53hfuc
The Butler? (The pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele.)
"Seeing evil and corruption everywhere in the church, I finally reached a point of degeneration, a point of no return, and could no longer control myself," Gabriele explained to Vatican investigators.
Of interest: Vatican Bank : MAFIA TODAY
Always, only an opinion.
LC
ps: Proof in the pudding?
Vatican Bank Net profit fell 97% last year - News Directory
news.newsdirectory1.com/vatican-bank-profit-fell-97-last-year/
Jul 8, 2014 - Year past, the Vatican bank's profit fell by 97%, from 86.6 million to EUR 2.9 million. The so-called bank official called Institute religious work ..