Pope Francis

After suspecting financial irregularities, an investigation was launched by Vatican police and raids were conducted at the offices of the Holy See’s Secretariat of State and its Financial Information Authority or AIF.

Prime Minister Modi in his address to nation through Mann Ki Baat radio programme today paid tributes to Sister Mariam Thresia who will be canonised on 13th October by Pope Francis.

Ironically, George Pell was one of the inner circle of nine cardinals chose by Pope Francis to deal with issues such as sexual abuse of children by the clergy, fixing account books and financial reforms. The Pope had declined to remove Cardinal Pell after pressure mounted over the way in which the Church was handling such issues.

The book by Frédéric Martel, In the Closet of the Vatican, that is a detailed account of homosexuality within the Church is a “startling account of corruption and hypocrisy at the heart of the Vatican” according to its publisher, Bloomsbury.

Hermann Geissler, who was the Chief of staff in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has been accused of sex abuse by a former nun of the Church named Doris Wagner-Reisinger

Churches should focus a little less on Sabarimala and more on the sexual exploitation of women and children by the Churches and Christian priests

Pope Francis's position with regards to homosexuality in the clergy is not new as the Roman Catholic church believes that homosexual acts are sinful.

The Vatican needs to urgently end its practice of shielding and helping the priests who are nothing but a blot on humanity itself.

The Vatican has a long history of child sexual abuse by its clergymen.

Some claim that the allegations are part of an internal power struggle within the Church.