Vatican Bank probed for money laundering ROME – A probe has been opened by Rome magistrates to determine whether the Vatican bank, the Istituto Opere di Religione (IOR), violated Italian laws against money laundering. The probe is focusing on one or more accounts IOR opened with Unicredit, Italy’s biggest bank, through which some 60 million [...]

 Isn’t it great when religion and politics mix? Italian government near collapse after Vatican ‘plot’ The Vatican has been accused of trying to bring down the Italian government after a Catholic minister abandoned Romano Prodi’s coalition government, leaving it facing collapse. The prime minister was forced to call a vote of confidence after Clemente Mastella, [...]