Card. George Pell, the prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, has rebuked the Administration of the Patri-mony of the Apostolic See (ASPA), saying that APSA overstepped its authority by instructing other Vatican offices to submit financial information to an outside auditor. Msgr.Mauro Rivella, the secretary of APSA, had directed Vatican offices to provide data to Price Waterhouse Cooper, saying that the accounting firm was conducting an audit of Vatican finances.

India’s poor deserve better than this
Concerns are being raised about whether the needs of poor and marginalized communities in India are receiving enough attention in current government policies. Observers say