Italian prelate complains of corruption in Vatican - report January 25, 2012 - 18:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Vatican says it has no comment on a media report that an Italian prelate was transferred to Washington as papal ambassador after he wrote to the pope complaining about corruption in the awarding of Vatican contracts. The allegation is carried in a report, being televised Wednesday, January 24 night, by Gian Luigi Nuzzi, author of a 2009 book outlining the shady dealings by the Vatican bank. A report in Corriere della Sera on Wednesday said Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano used the term "corruption" in a letter to Pope Benedict XVI to explain the difficulties he faced in his position as secretary-general of the Vatican city-state. It said the letter was sent March 27 in an extreme attempt to head off his transfer. Vigano was named U.S. ambassador in October.   Top stories The Turkish government has investigated thousands of social media accounts and taken legal action against hundreds of them. Meanwhile, New York has moved four places down the ranking to 13th position owing to a weakening of the US dollar in 2017. According to a source, the Syrian army attacked several axes around Mesraba in a bid to overwhelm the Islamist rebels that defend the town. Park Street, Calcutta’s iconic restaurant and bar street, has at least three other buildings credited to Armenians.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia’s Gabriel Sargissian wins Sharjah Int’l Chess Championship  The Olympic Champion collected eight points out of a possible nine to claim the champion’s titled in the United Arab Emirates.Relative calm on Karabakh contact line unchanged for one more week Overall, some 150 ceasefire violations - more than 1500 shots in total - by Azerbaijani army were registered in the past week.Armenia revolution crushed Aliyev’s plans to flaunt Cabinet reshuffle: expert Elites in Baku worried that any military activity on the line of contact would incur an international backlash, Zaur Shiriyev says.Finland’s president invited to visit Armenia At a meeting in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, the two hailed the dynamically developing relations between Armenia and Finland. |
