Vatican Connections: Pope sends money to Africans suffering from floods

Noel Ocol

Monday, March 25, 2019

Welcome back for another weekly edition of Vatican Connections.

A lot of interesting headlines have been coming from the Vatican this past week. Here are some of the stories we bring to you on tonight’s show.

The pope sends some big money to help the southern African countries struck by flooding in recent weeks. We’ll tell you how much and where the money went.

A highly significant and much-anticipated document finally gets signed at the Marian shrine of Loreto on Monday.

The official resignation of a French cardinal convicted of abuse cover-up is rejected by the pope.

And this week in the history of the Vatican: We look back at the letter which caused a scandal that rocked the Vatican’s communication department.

Find all that and more on this edition of Vatican Connections.

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