Vatican bank scandal

Title

Vatican bank scandal

Genre

News report

TX Date

May 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:02:04

Description

Report on a scandal at the Institute for Religious Works (IOR), the Vatican’s official bank, involving the IOR President Archbishop Marcinkus (Paul Casimir Marcinkus) and the late president of Banco Ambrosiano, Italy’s largest private bank, Roberto Calvi who died in suspicious circumstances. Banco Ambrosiano is currently being investigated. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Vatican; Fraud; Roman Catholicism; Banks; Italy; Rome; Banco Ambrosiano; Roberto Calvi; Paul Casimir Marcinkus; Institute for Religious Works

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