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Vatican investigates financial transactions

Documents and electronic devices were acquired on Tuesday morning in some offices in the 1st Section of the Vatican Secretary of State in an investigation after complaints were presented earlier this year.

The Holy See Press office released a Communiqué on Tuesday, communicating the following information:

This morning activities were carried out to acquire documents and electronic devices from certain offices of the First Section of the Secretariat of State and the State Financial Information Authority.

The operation, authorized by decree of the Promoter of Justice of the Tribunal, Gian Piero Milano, and the Adjunct Promoter, Alessandro Diddi, and of which the superiors were duly informed, is linked to the complaints presented at the beginning of last summer by the Institute for Works of Religion and the Office of the General Auditor, regarding financial transactions carried out over time.

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