Did you know that in 1982, the Vatican Bank was caught laundering $800 million in cocaine money. For centuries, the Vatican stood as the world's moral authority, but behind closed doors, a shocking operation was unfolding. Archbishop Paul Marcinkus had turned the holy institution into a criminal empire. He used diplomatic pouches to smuggle cash across borders without inspection, created fake accounts under st names and disguised drug money as religious donations. Mafia bosses made fake pilgrima
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Pope Francis laments efforts to liberalize drug use, and says legalization of narcotics only leads to greater consumption, not a reduction in drug abuse. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-06/pope-at-audience-moral-duty-to-stop-production-of-drugs.html | Vatican News
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63K views · 9.3K reactions | Pope Francis tells a story about Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, a 97-year-old Argentine confessor whom the Pope created a cardinal in 2023. Speaking to the Cardinal’s brother Capuchin Friars, the Pope encouraged priests to always forgive those who come to confession. “You must always be men of love, forgiveness, and reconciliation,” he told participants in the OFMCap General Chapter taking place in Rome. | Vatican News | Facebook
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38K views · 1.8K reactions | Highlights of Pope Francis’ half-day pastoral visit to the Italian city of Venice. The Pope met with female detainees, viewed the Holy See’s Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale, met with young people and artists, and presided at Mass in the majestic St. Mark’s Square. | Vatican News | Facebook
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On Tuesday afternoon, Pope Leo XIV visited the Basilica of St Paul outside the Walls, the Roman church traditionally thought to hold the saint’s remains. After a moment of prayer in front of St Paul’s tomb, the Pope presided over a brief prayer service. In his homily, Pope Leo reflected on a reading from St Paul’s Letter to the Romans, which, he said, contains three major themes – grace, faith, and justification – which can help illuminate the Petrine Ministry to which he has been called. Pope L
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2.4M views · 32K reactions | Black smoke emerged from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel at 21:00 on Wednesday evening, signalling that a first ballot has been held at the conclave and has concluded without the election of a Pope. https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2025-05/black-smoke-end-first-day-conclave-no-pope.html | Vatican News | Facebook
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