{"id":1207,"date":"2017-08-01T10:38:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cpur\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2017-09-04T12:01:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T11:01:41","slug":"professor-candida-moss-comments-on-an-embezzlement-scandal-in-the-catholic-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/cpur\/2017\/08\/01\/professor-candida-moss-comments-on-an-embezzlement-scandal-in-the-catholic-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Candida Moss comments on an embezzlement scandal in the Catholic Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

Candida Moss<\/a>,\u00a0Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, was interviewed on CBS News on 18 July 2017.<\/p>\n

On 18 July 2017 the US early morning news programme CBS Morning News\u00a0reported<\/a> on a trial in Italy where two ex-Catholic Church officials had to defend themselves against allegations that they diverted almost $500,000 in hospital donations to renovate a cardinal’s retirement home. The hospital is the Vatican’s own pediatric children’s hospital, Bambino Gesu. Former hospital president Giuseppe Profiti and ex-treasurer Massimo Spina\u00a0face years in prison and fines if they are found guilty.<\/p>\n

Candida Moss said on the CBS morning show:\u00a0“A scandal like this really plays to the stereotype of out-of-touch, arrogant cardinals growing fat on the wealth of the church…(Pope) Francis and the Vatican really need this trial, because their moral credibility and financial stability are at stake.”<\/a>She added: “If we don’t see results in this trial — if we don’t see a prosecution — people will wonder if Francis is really serious about financial reforms.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the whole news story\u00a0and watch the interview with Candida Moss<\/a><\/p>\n

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Professor Candida Moss, Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, Department of Theology, University of Birmingham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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