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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
ANNO XXI - N° 29
DATA 09-02-2012
Summary:
- HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE REJECTS UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT THE IOR AND THE AIF
- PRESENTATION OF LOGO FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY 2013
- AUDIENCES
___________________________________________________________
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE REJECTS UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT THE IOR AND THE AIF
Vatican City, (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office has issued a communique
rejecting claims made in an article entitled "Money Laundering: Four Priests
under Investigation. The Silence of the Vatican" which appeared yesterday in
the Italian newspaper
"L'Unita". Extracts from the communique are given below.
"The article ... unfortunately reveals a considerable lack of serious research
by the author.
"We must begin by making two introductory observations. The title of the
article refers to silence on the part of the Vatican. ... This is completely
groundless because the Holy See and the authorities of the Vatican have duly
cooperated with
magistrates and other Italian authorities. The claims made in the article are
merely a reworking of past criticisms. ... They are, in fact, 'recycled'
accusations which the same journalist has already published on a number of
occasions in the past.
Repeating them once again does not make them true; rather, we must ask
ourselves whether the article was not intended as a kind of advertisement for
an evening television show.
"As to the contents of the article, we must clarify the following".
"The principal accusation is that the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR)
has been involved in illegal activity and that is has failed to assist the
Italian authorities who were pursuing these individuals" (the alleged money
launderers).
"This is incorrect. Firstly, the article fails to report that, beginning in
the years 2006-2007, the IOR has been determinedly committed to analysing
accounts and verifying clients in order to ascertain and report the presence
of any suspicious
transactions. These efforts by the IOR (which, strangely, the media seem to
ignore) to identify suspect operations pre-date by several years the adoption
by Vatican City State, on 30 December 2010, of Law No. 127 to Counter Money
Laundering.
"Moreover, as the Italian authorities are aware, and as emerges from
documentation in the possession of officials both of the Holy See and of the
Republic of Italy, the IOR has repeatedly cooperated with the Italian
authorities at all levels. ... The
IOR supplied information, even outside official channels, in the period
preceding the establishment of the Vatican Financial Information Authority
(AIF). The cooperation of Paolo Cipriani, director general of the IOR, has
been described as 'punctual and
complete' in documents written by Italian officials. Indeed, in one case, it
was precisely rapid action on the part of Mr. Cipriani that enabled one of the
individuals identified to be accused".
"Following consultation with the AIF, we can confirm the following:
"(1) It is not true that the IOR failed to provide information to the AIF on
the issues in question.
"(2) It is not true that the AIF failed to forward this information to the
Italian Financial Information Unit.
"(3) The Italian authorities have never made a request to the AIF regarding
one of the individuals mentioned in the article, Msgr. Messina; therefore it
is clearly impossible for the AIF to 'respond' to its Italian counterpart.
"These points regarding communication between the AIF and its Italian
counterpart are all confirmed by documents held by the AIF, identified with
specific protocol numbers.
"Furthermore, the article does not report that on 6 June 2011 one of the
individuals mentioned therein - Fr. Bonaccorsi - was declared innocent, a
sentence confirmed on appeal.
"The sadly defamatory effect of the article arises from the use of the term
'incriminated' to refer to Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, president of the IOR, and to
Paolo Cipriani. Neither of them has ever been incriminated, but merely
investigated".
___________________________________________________________
PRESENTATION OF LOGO FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY 2013
Vatican City, (VIS) - The logo for World Youth Day 2013 has been revealed in
the John Paul II Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. WYD 2013 will be held in
that Brazilian city next year.
Vatican Radio has announced that the logo, work of a young Brazilian artist
Gustavo Huguenin, portrays a heart (symbol of youth) in the colours of the
national flag (green and yellow). At the centre of the heart is the silhouette
of the famous statue of
Christ the Redeemer overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. At the top is a
cross, in recollection of the fact that the core of WYD is Christ Himself.
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:
- Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, apostolic nuncio to Tanzania.
- Eighteen prelates of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on
their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Francis Eugene George O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago, accompanied by
Auxiliary Bishops Francis J. Kane, George J. Rassas, Andrew Peter Wypych and
Alberto Rojas.
- Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville.
- Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon of Joliet in Illinois, accompanied by Auxiliary
Bishop Joseph M. Siegel, and by Bishop emeritus Joseph Leopold Imesch.
- Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky C.S.C. of Peoria.
- Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois.
- Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, auxiliary of Indianapolis.
- Bishop Charles C. Thompson of Evansville, accompanied by Bishop emeritus
Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger.
- Bishop Kevin Carl Rhoades of Fort Wayne - South Bend, accompanied by Bishop
emeritus John Michael D'Arcy.
- Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek of Gary.
- Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette in Indiana.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120209
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE ANNO XXI - N° 29DATA 09-02-2012
Summary: - HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE REJECTS
UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT THE IOR
AND THE AIF - PRESENTATION OF LOGO FOR WORLD YOUTH DAY 2013 -
AUDIENCES
HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE REJECTS UNFOUNDED CLAIMS ABOUT THE IOR AND THE AIF
Vatican City, (VIS) - The Holy See Press Office has issued a communique
rejecting claims made in an article entitled "Money Laundering: Four Priests
under Investigation. The Silence of the Vatican" which appeared yesterday in
the Italian newspaper
"L'Unita". Extracts from the communique are given below.
"The article ... unfortunately reveals a considerable lack of serious
research by the author.
"We must begin by making two introductory observations. The title of the
article refers to silence on the part of the Vatican. ... This is completely
groundless because the Holy See and the authorities of the Vatican have duly
cooperated with
magistrates and other Italian authorities. The claims made in the article are
merely a reworking of past criticisms. ... They are, in fact, 'recycled'
accusations which the same journalist has already published on a number of
occasions in the past.
Repeating them once again does not make them true; rather, we must ask
ourselves whether the article was not intended as a kind of advertisement for
an evening television show.
"As to the contents of the article, we must clarify the following".
"The principal accusation is that the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR)
has been involved in illegal activity and that is has failed to assist the
Italian authorities who were pursuing these individuals" (the alleged money
launderers).
"This is incorrect. Firstly, the article fails to report that, beginning in
the years 2006-2007, the IOR has been determinedly committed to analysing
accounts and verifying clients in order to ascertain and report the presence
of any suspicious
transactions. These efforts by the IOR (which, strangely, the media seem to
ignore) to identify suspect operations pre-date by several years the adoption
by Vatican City State, on 30 December 2010, of Law No. 127 to Counter Money
Laundering.
"Moreover, as the Italian authorities are aware, and as emerges from
documentation in the possession of officials both of the Holy See and of the
Republic of Italy, the IOR has repeatedly cooperated with the Italian
authorities at all levels. ... The
IOR supplied information, even outside official channels, in the period
preceding the establishment of the Vatican Financial Information Authority
(AIF). The cooperation of Paolo Cipriani, director general of the IOR, has
been described as 'punctual and
complete' in documents written by Italian officials. Indeed, in one case, it
was precisely rapid action on the part of Mr. Cipriani that enabled one of the
individuals identified to be accused".
"Following consultation with the AIF, we can confirm the following:
"(1) It is not true that the IOR failed to provide information to the AIF
on the issues in question.
"(2) It is not true that the AIF failed to forward this information to the
Italian Financial Information Unit.
"(3) The Italian authorities have never made a request to the AIF regarding
one of the individuals mentioned in the article, Msgr. Messina; therefore it
is clearly impossible for the AIF to 'respond' to its Italian counterpart.
"These points regarding communication between the AIF and its Italian
counterpart are all confirmed by documents held by the AIF, identified with
specific protocol numbers.
"Furthermore, the article does not report that on 6 June 2011 one of the
individuals mentioned therein - Fr. Bonaccorsi - was declared innocent, a
sentence confirmed on appeal.
"The sadly defamatory effect of the article arises from the use of the term
'incriminated' to refer to Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, president of the IOR, and to
Paolo Cipriani. Neither of them has ever been incriminated, but merely
investigated".
Vatican City, (VIS) - The logo for World Youth Day 2013 has been revealed
in the John Paul II Centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. WYD 2013 will be held in
that Brazilian city next year.
Vatican Radio has announced that the logo, work of a young Brazilian artist
Gustavo Huguenin, portrays a heart (symbol of youth) in the colours of the
national flag (green and yellow). At the centre of the heart is the silhouette
of the famous statue
of Christ the Redeemer overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. At the top is a
cross, in recollection of the fact that the core of WYD is Christ Himself.
Vatican City, (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:
- Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla, apostolic nuncio to Tanzania.
- Eighteen prelates of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on
their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Francis Eugene George O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago, accompanied
by Auxiliary Bishops Francis J. Kane, George J. Rassas, Andrew Peter Wypych
and Alberto Rojas.
- Bishop Edward K. Braxton of Belleville.
- Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon of Joliet in Illinois, accompanied by
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Siegel, and by Bishop emeritus Joseph Leopold
Imesch.
- Bishop Daniel Robert Jenky C.S.C. of Peoria.
- Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield in Illinois.
- Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, auxiliary of Indianapolis.
- Bishop Charles C. Thompson of Evansville, accompanied by Bishop emeritus
Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger.
- Bishop Kevin Carl Rhoades of Fort Wayne - South Bend, accompanied by
Bishop emeritus John Michael D'Arcy.
- Bishop Dale Joseph Melczek of Gary.
- Bishop Timothy L. Doherty of Lafayette in Indiana.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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