Pope Francis promises European auditors ‘clean finance’ from Vatican
09 October 2020 |
12:29 pm
European finance experts are in Rome as part of an audit and have praised the Vatican's efforts to clean its financial house. The pope likened the fight to Jesus expelling the money changers from the temple.
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