The Vatican's Money Problems
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Financial malfeasance isn't just for Wall Street. It's also beleaguering the Pope, whose name was recently invoked during the ongoing trial of Giovanni Angelo Becciu, a defrocked cardinal accused of embezzlement and abuse of office. The Vatican, it turns out, is quite the busy place.
The story gets gloriously weird, with the cardinal embroiled in a failed $200 million property deal in London's upscale Chelsea neighborhood, as well as efforts to pay up to $1 million to free a Colombian nun captured by al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Source Fool.com
