"Pope Francis Takes on God's Bankers." Apparently the pope is trying to clean up the Vatican bank known for more scandals than the above brothels. Decades of corruption at the bank reached a new low when a private banker with close ties to the Vatican bank hanged himself under London's Blackfriars Bridge. The Vatican needs its own bank to manage the massive funds and land holdings it owns. Maybe it could alleviate the world's poverty problem (New York Times). John Ayers
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