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"The Vatican police carried out a search of the premises of the first section of the Secretariat of State the Church&rsquo s central government as well as the Financial Information Authority the financial vigilance body of the Holy See.The Oct. 1 operation authorized by the promoter of justice (prosecutor) of the Vatican City State and of which the superiors of the Secretariat of State had been informed took place following denunciations at the beginning of the summer of the Institute for Religious Works (IOR) the Vatican Bank and the Office of the Auditor General the equivalent of the Court of Auditors.It concerned  financial operations carried out some time ago   explained the Holy See in a brief statement without giving any further details.New deputy at Secretariat of StateFor its part the weekly newspaper L&rsquo Espresso claims that the raid related to suspicious real estate transactions in London.Also at stake said the report was the management of the Saint-Pierre Pence one of the Holy See&rsquo s main financial resources. This explains the speed with which Pope Francis personally requested a rigorous investigation into these facts.The newspaper also published Oct. 2 an internal note from the Vatican Gendarmerie prohibiting the entry of the Vatican to the Director of the Financial Information Authority Tommaso Di Ruzza and several officials from the Secretariat of State.Among them is Msgr. Mauro Carlino former secretary of Cardinal Angelo Becciu when he was substitute for the Secretariat of State. This Italian prelate was this summer appointed as head of the information office which monitors the relations of the Secretariat of State with the media of the Holy See and has control over documentary files.The new substitute takes chargeHe replaced Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani nephew of Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigan&ograve  the former Apostolic Nuncio in the United States who accused Pope Francis in August 2018 and demanded his resignation while announcing that he had explosive information against the Vatican. Msgr Polvani has been dismissed as under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture.The first section of the Secretariat of State is responsible for all the current affairs of the Catholic Church. It also provides the pope&rsquo s official secretariat and coordinates the work of the Roman Curia. It is now being directed under the authority of the Cardinal Secretary of State by the substitute Archbishop Edgar Pe&ntilde a Parra who was appointed in August 2018.He has made several appointments to the Secretariat of State in recent weeks marking the departure of several senior officials who have been in office for many years and who were often close to the former substitute.Many changes in the Secretariat of StateIn addition to the change in the Information and Documentation Office the Assessor for General Affairs (and main collaborator of the substitute) Msgr Paolo Borgia has just been promoted to Apostolic Nuncio in C&ocirc te d&rsquo Ivoire and is to be ordained bishop Oct. 4 by Pope Francis.Among other changes the administrative office of the Secretariat of State &mdash  where an official is implicated in the investigation &mdash  also has a new chief. A vast change is underway among apostolic nuncios too with several appointments to important diplomatic posts.In the financial institutions of the Holy See several appointments are finally pending including that of Cardinal George Pell&rsquo s successor as Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy following his convictions in Australia for child sex offences.The name of Claudia Ciocca the current Director of Control and Vigilance of the Secretariat for the Economy was mentioned for this position. Previously she was in charge of controlling the expenses of the Secretariat of State."
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