Vatican’s Bill for Sainthood Is ˆ750,000, Corruption Book Reveals

By Tom Kington
The Times
November 3, 2015

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article4603857.ece

Tom Kington Rome

Securing sainthood is a commercial process that can cost up to ˆ750,000 in fees paid to a Vatican department that refuses to account for its spending.

That is one of the revelations contained in Merchants in the Temple, a new book to be published tomorrow lifting the lid on financial skulduggery and corruption in the Vatican.

It includes tales of double-dealing priests, misused donations, millions of euros in goods that vanish from Vatican shops and a mysterious break-in and theft of documents.

The book, by Gianluigi Nuzzi, an Italian journalist, has angered Vatican officials and prompted the arrest by Vatican...