Rome Newsroom, Sep 10, 2020 / 08:30 am
A Vatican representative denounced the "scourge of corruption" at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Thursday.
Archbishop Charles Balvo, head of the Holy See delegation to the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, also presented Pope Francis' new law for limiting corruption and increasing transparency in how the Vatican awards public contracts. The new procedures were established June 1.
"When civil officials steal or misappropriate public funds, it affects the whole of the community that they serve," the apostolic nuncio to the Czech Republic said in his remarks at the forum's concluding meeting in Prague.
"Solid and lasting economic progress and security are undermined -- if not completely thwarted – without good public and corporate governance, transparency and accountability," he added.