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March 3, 2015

Rules for Vatican finance offices include protection for whistleblowers

Australian Cardinal George Pell, left, leads the Secretariat for the Economy at the Vatican. He will work with the Secretary of State and is in charge of supervising administrative and financial activities at the Vatican. This is part of a bigger picture involving new rules in the Vatican finance offices. The Vatican’s new financial rules went into effect March 1 and published the new statutes on its web site March 3.

VATICAN CITY - New rules governing the guidance, oversight and control of Vatican financial and administrative activities include the power to levy sanctions and take "civil or criminal action" in cases of "damage to assets," as well as providing protection for whistleblowers raising red flags about "anomalous activity."

Published in Vatican
January 8, 2015

A worldly Church

Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Nhon of Hanoi, Vietnam, waves in front of St. Joseph Cathedral after Pentecost Mass in this May 23, 2010, file photo. Archbishop Van Nhon, 76, was among the 20 new cardinals named by Pope Francis Jan. 4.

Tonga, Myanmar, Cape Verde — the countries read like answers from a geography quiz. They may not be the easiest places to find on a map, but these small nations will soon be represented in Rome when Pope Francis welcomes 15 new voting-eligible cardinals into the Church.

Published in Editorial
January 5, 2015

Want to see Pope Francis’ vision for the church? Look at his new cardinals

Pope Francis announced 15 new cardinal electors from "14 nations of every continent" to show the link between the Vatican and the churches across the world.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis reinforced his radical reshaping of the Catholic Church by naming 20 new cardinals from countries as far afield as Ethiopia, Tonga, Thailand and Panama.

Published in Vatican
November 26, 2012

Celebrating Church's universality, Pope creates new cardinals

Pope Benedict XVI is assisted by aides as he departs St. Peter's Basilica at the end of a consistory at the Vatican Nov. 24. During the consistory the pope created six new cardinals from four different continents.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Recalling that Christ's mission transcends "all ethnic, national and religious particularities," Pope Benedict XVI created six new cardinals from four different continents, representing the Latin rite of the Catholic Church as well as two Eastern Catholic Churches.

Published in International