More than two and a half years after Pope Francis took office determined to clean up corruption, the Vatican is still finding financial skeletons in its many closets. Two new books chronicle widespread mismanagement in the Holy See, including auditors' discovery of $1.5 billion stashed in hidden accounts and the use of alms for the poor to plug holes in the church budget. The Holy See had a €25.6 million ($27.2 million) deficit in 2014. One of the books, Merchants in the Temple, by Gianluigi Nuzzi, also includes a description of a 2013 tape recording of Francis telling senior clerics that spending was "out of control."
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机译:在教皇方济各决心清理腐败的两年半多以后,梵蒂冈仍在许多壁橱中找到财务框架。有两本新书记载了罗马教廷普遍管理不善的情况,包括审计师发现藏匿在隐藏账目中的15亿美元,以及利用穷人的施舍手段来堵塞教会预算。罗马教廷在2014年出现了2560万欧元(2720万美元)的赤字。其中一本书,吉安·路易吉·努齐(Gianluigi Nuzzi)的《神庙里的商人》(Merchants in the Temple)中还包含了2013年弗朗西斯告诉高级牧师的录音带的记录,讲道支出是“控制。”
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