'Corruption' charges downplayed

Vatican downplays charges of financial 'corruption'

Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, at Mass in Washington Jan. 22.

 Insisting on the Holy See's continuing commitment to transparency and rectitude in economic affairs, the Vatican's spokesman downplayed references to "corruption" in a letter apparently sent to Pope Benedict XVI by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, a Vatican official who is now apostolic nuncio to the United States.

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