Vatican probes funding of cardinal’s lavish apartment

I don’t know about you, but I’m getting sick of the influence peddling in the Church and men in red hats on the take. Josephine McKenna | March 31, 2016, Religious News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican has launched an investigation into the funding of its former secretary of state’s apartment restoration. The investigation involves two executives from Rome’s Bambino Gesu Children’s Hospital — former chairman Giuseppe Profiti and former treasurer Massimo Spina — on allegations that they misappropriated hospital funds to pay for the restoration of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s apartment while he was Vatican secretary of state. Greg … Continue reading Vatican probes funding of cardinal’s lavish apartment

Book review: “Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus”

“Can you tell me the story of your relationship with God so far?” This “threshold question” is at the heart of the book, Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus, by Sherry Weddell (published by Our Sunday Visitor, 2012).  Any person can be asked this question, whether that person be Catholic or non-Catholic, non-Christian, agnostic, or atheist.  How a person answers it can begin, or continue, the journey of all journeys.   But why ask such a question in the first place?  The book: presents survey data on the current state and trends of Catholics’ (as well … Continue reading Book review: “Forming Intentional Disciples: The Path to Knowing and Following Jesus”