Libero Milone, the Vatican’s ex-auditor general, doesn’t give up easily. Having had his lawsuit against the Vatican for unlawful dismissal rejected in 2024, fined 113,000 euros in trial costs, and his appeal rejected in July, he has now taken his case to the Court of Cassation, the supreme court of Vatican City State.
He has also written to Pope Leo XIV requesting a private audience, not only to explain his case but also to warn him of the reality of the Vatican’s financial situation which, he firmly believes, continues to be dire despite what the Vatican tries to convey.
As is now well known, Milone’s 9.3-million-euro lawsuit centers on allegations he and his late deputy, Ferruccio Panicco, were framed and forced to resign in 2017 after they uncovered corruption and financial irregularities at high levels within the Vatican.
In a press briefing on Tuesday, Milone was in a combative mood, laying out the entirety of his case in considerable detail and arguing that the Vatican’s behavior toward him has not only been clearly unjust but reprehensible.
Stressing that he and his team have always respected the law and presented the truth, he said the Vatican has “never once” addressed the substance of his claim, focusing instead only on procedural issues — “and they got that wrong, too,” he said.
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