VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- A confidential report from the VaticanöÏÓãÊÓƵapp anti-corruption authority shows that the Secretariat of State has used about $725 million, most of which came from the popeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp charity fund, in off-books operations.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -- The recent raid of Vatican offices is connected to an investigation into charges that Vatican money financed the development of luxury properties in London, and led to a windfall for the VaticanöÏÓãÊÓƵapp investment managers, according to an Oct. 14 report from Financial Times.

VATICAN CITY - Leaving their habits behind and disguised along with police in regular clothes, a small group of three or four nuns raid brothels in Calcutta, India, at night, snatching young women and girls as young as 12 from the clutches of their captors.

OXFORD, England - Russia's Catholic Church expressed surprise and concern after a wave of raids on its parishes and charities, part of a government clampdown on organizations with foreign links.