VATICNA CITY
The Times (UK)
Tom Kington Rome
Securing sainthood is a commercial process that can cost up to €750,000 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.
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