(Vatican Radio) The report on the Vatican’s finances for fiscal year 2014 is just about ready, according to the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, Cardinal George Pell – a report he describes as “comprehensive” and “accurate” as well as consistent with best practices in modern accounting.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual Meeting for Friendship among Peoples sponsored by the Communion and Liberation movement, Cardinal Pell said, “We have just prepared the accounts for 2014,” adding, “perhaps for the first time in history they are comprehensive and substantially accurate.”
Click below to hear Cardinal Pell’s remarks to reporters
Cardinal Pell went on to say, “We have challenges: we’ve had deficits in the last two years; our pension fund is sound for the next ten or fifteen years, but we need to take significant measures to ensure that it will be OK in twenty to twenty-five years.”
Cardinal Pell also said that the Vatican has adopted modern accounting procedures. “We have to implement,” he said.
(from Vatican Radio)…
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis, through his Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, has sent greetings to a synod of the Waldensian and Methodist Church. The synod is meeting from 23-28 August in Torre Pellice, near Turin, Italy.
In a telegram addressed to the local Catholic Bishop, Cardinal Parolin assured the participants in the synod of the Pope’s spiritual closeness. Pope Francis, he said, promised “a fervent remembrance in his prayers, that the Lord may grant to all Christians the joy of journeying with sincerity of heart toward full communion, in order to bear witness to Jesus Christ and to His Gospel, working together in service to humanity, especially in defence of the dignity of the human person, in the promotion of justice and peace, and in giving a common response to the suffering that afflicts so many people, especially the poor and the weak.”
(from Vatican Radio)…