Pope announces ‘envelope culture’ crackdown at Vatican
by Harriet Sherwood and agencies from World news | The Guardian on (#5H7N2)
In bid to end corruption, Francis bars employees from accepting gifts worth more than 40
Vatican employees must not accept any work-related gift worth more than 40 (34) under new anti-corruption rules announced by Pope Francis.
The limit on the value of gifts is a crackdown on an envelope culture" at the Vatican in which cardinals, bishops and officials have routinely accepted cash sums and other items from patrons.
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