Pope Francis’ push to clean up church finances
~!!~After spending two weeks in Rome last year, researching and writing about how the Pope is trying to create a leaner, more efficient Vatican, Tully found that the 266th Pope has cut overtime and shrunk the size of the Vatican bureaucracy// He also created the Vatican equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission//
~!!~While popular perception is that the Vatican possesses great wealth, Tully says if it were a company, its revenue wouldn*t even come close to making the Fortune 500 list// He points out that the Vatican*s most valuable assets~its artwork ~ are virtually priceless and not for sale//