Peter’s Pence
The Lay Election Francis Lost EVERY YEAR of His Pontificate
There is a vote that the Church holds every year in every parish on the planet—universal, voluntary, anonymous and immune to polling, and for that very reason impossible to rig: ...
Vatican Promotes Disgraced Peter’s Pence Collection Which Is Now Subject Of Class Action Lawsuit
From EWTN News: As Pope Leo XIV carries out his global mission, the Vatican is calling on the faithful worldwide to support him through the traditional Peter’s Pence collection this ...
USCCB Handed HUGE LOSS by Supreme Court in Peter Pence Lawsuit
The Supreme Court allowed a case to proceed which claims the US bishops misled Catholics into believing millions of dollars in donations to the papal charity would be used to ...
Is the Vatican About to Lose Millions More on the Peter’s Pence London Property Fiasco?
While the fate of the Vatican’s criminal prosecution over the infamous London property deal appears to hang in the balance in the city state’s court, a number of legal developments ...
Peña Parra Appointment: Exile or Probation?
Pope Leo XIV on Monday ordered the biggest curial personnel change of his first year in office, transferring the sostituto of the Secretariat of State, Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra, to ...
Peter’s Pence Lawsuit Goes to Supreme Court After Six Years of Bishops’ Failed Appeals
The Peter’s Pence class action lawsuit against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was originally filed in January 2020. The lawsuit alleges that USCCB routinely asks Catholics throughout ...
USCCB Loses Appeal To Dismiss Peter’s Pence Lawsuit
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has been fighting in court for over five years to have the Peter's Pence lawsuit dismissed. This week, the U.S. District Court ...
Pope Leo Marks Feast Day With Appeal to Help Erase Vatican’s Budget Shortfall
Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations from the faithful, with the Vatican under the first American ...
Vatican Plugs Corrupt Peter’s Pence Asking Faithful To Help Leo XIV
“Take part in the steps of Leo XIV with your donation to Peter’s Pence.” With these words, the Vatican is encouraging Catholics to participate in the collection to support the ...
UK Court Orders Vatican to Pay Mincione Millions in Legal Costs
The High Court of England and Wales has ordered the Vatican Secretariat of State to pay millions of dollars in legal fees to Raffaele Mincione, the investment manager who sold ...
BOMBSHELL: Parolin Reportedly Signed Final Document Approving Purchase Of Property At Center Of Peter’s Pence Scandal
A few hours before the start of the Conclave, while the debate revolves around poisons and alleged conspiracies, new documents emerge that shed more and more light on the affair ...
Was Becciu the Peter’s Pence ‘Fall Guy’ for Parolin and Francis?
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the disgraced former sostituto at the Secretariat of State, has said he is the victim of a miscarriage of justice in the Vatican City legal process which ...
Vatican Budget Black Hole Swallows Peter’s Pence
Peter’s Pence, the annual collection to support the work of the Holy Father, reported an uptick in donations for 2023, but allocated nearly 90% of revenue to Vatican operating expenses ...
Vatican Makes Fundraising Pitch for Scandal Plagued Peter’s Pence
An unsigned fundraising appeal for the June 30 Peter’s Pence collection has been published in the Vatican newspaper. “With an offering, which can be given on this special day as ...
Vatican Takes Huge Loss in Sale of London Building Purchased with Peter’s Pence Funds
The Vatican said on Friday it had completed the sale of the luxury London building at the centre of an ongoing corruption trial, taking an estimated hit of about 140 ...
Key Witness Claims Francis Concealed Extortion Involving Peter’s Pence Funds
Pope Francis last month made his first “appearance” at the ongoing Vatican trial over a London property deal that led to massive financial losses for the Holy See when his ...
Did the Pope Personally Participate in the Pilfering of Peter’s Pence?
Francis not only had been kept informed of every step of the London deal, actually approving it, but personally intervened in at least one crucial moment of the affair. While ...
Vatican to Lose $135,000,000 of Peter’s Pence Funds in London Property Sale
The Vatican will incur a loss of £100m in donations intended for the needy when it completes the pending sale of a luxurious London office building now at the centre ...
Investment Manager Who Handled Millions in Peter’s Pence Contributions Bought Florida Condos with Shell Corps
A defendant in the Vatican’s financial crimes trial invested in two South Florida luxury condominiums, using holding companies which Vatican prosecutors say were also used to dupe the Holy See ...
Boycott Peter’s Pence Collection
Although Peter's Pence has been embroil in scandal, U.S. Bishops intend to proceed with the collection the weekend of June 26. According to the website of the United States Conference ...
BOMBSHELL: Powerful Cardinal Ousted Over Peter’s Pence Corruption
Once one of Pope Francis' closest advisors, Cardinal Angelo Becciu resigns in disgrace amid accusations of financial corruption. The "bomb" in the Vatican explodes at dinner time, with the release ...
