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Archbishop involved in Vatican bank scandal didn’t leave behind millions

November 13, 2008

Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, the Chicago priest who rose to become Pro-President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State until he was embroiled in a Vatican bank scandal, died in 2006 with $500,000 in assets, including a home worth $275,000, according to a Chicago television news report. Most of his estate was bequeathed to Church agencies in Chicago and Lithuania.

 

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Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt Mem of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest (USA); Optional Memorial of St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin

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The Proper Calendar for the United States celebrates the Optional Memorial of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867). He was born in Fussen, Germany, entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to know the charism of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, joined the order and was sent to North…

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