Some people have been saying for a long while that the intrigue and heresy of the Vatican won’t bring the present regime to an end, but money might.
The scandalous revelation that only a tenth of the annual Peter’s Pence collection actually goes to charity has probably not helped the financial situation at the Holy See.
Last October, Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi claimed that the Vatican lost nearly €44million last year while its property empire made a loss for the first time.