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The U.S. Supreme Court announced Tuesday that it will not take up a petition from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which had requested the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging fraud over the conference’s promotion of the Peter’s Pence collection.
The lawsuit stretches back to 2020, following media reports indicating that the collection, which is widely viewed as principally for the support of the poor and needy across the globe, was actually used to fund Vatican administration.
What exactly is the lawsuit alleging? And what’s the controversy with Peter’s Pence? The Pillar explains:
Credit: Suzanne Tucker / Alamy.What is the case about?
At the center of the lawsuit is Peter’s Pence, an annual offertory collection taken up as an effort to help the Church’s global relief efforts.
Portions of the Peter’s Pence collection have been used to support administrative costs in the Roman Curia for decades.
The collection became connected with scandal when 2019 media reporting claimed that only 10% of funds were distributed to charity, and alleged that Peter’s Pence funds had been used in connection with the Vatican’s controversial London property investment — though reporting from The Pillar found this was not the case, and allegations of a direct link between the fund
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