It is not a plague of Egypt, as reported in the Bible, but it is indeed a plague of the Vatican that Pope Francis intends to reduce by adopting, on June 1, a decree (motu proprio) to fight against corruption during the award of contracts and tenders in the Vatican.
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These hidden finance practices are not a myth: François was notably chosen, during the 2013 conclave, to put them in order after the "VatiLeaks" scandal in 2012, which notably denounced this type of behavior. Many Italian companies operating in the Vatican are often chosen by family or friendly relations, without competition, with bribes benefiting non-religious intermediaries in the city of the Pope.
A non-Italian cardinal said in the fall of 2012 that he wanted to redo his dilapidated cuisine by a "recommended" company. Surprised by the amount of the estimate, he telephoned a cardinal colleague who had carried out the same work, on the same surface
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