Some things make us believe in miracles. Otherwise, how to explain a "miraculous" appearance of hundreds of millions of dollars of unknown origin on the bank accounts of Vatican City. During a scheduled financial audit, extra money that previously had not been tallied on the Vatican’s main balance sheets was found. A pleasant surprise was on time and gladdened the Catholics. For example, George Pell, the Australian Cardinal leading financial affairs of Vatican City, said that the situation is much healthier than it seemed. "Vatican City does not have problems with money," said the Cardinal. In addition, the priest said that the origin of these funds is legitimate. "Previously, these millions had not been tallied on the Vatican’s main balance sheets as for a long time many of the Vatican’s units were quite free and independent conducting financial policy, being careful not to tell about it. At that time it was very difficult to talk about objective data regarding the state of affairs in Vatican City," said George Pell. After several high-profile scandals involving priests that carried large sums of money of doubtful provenance, the Pope has been trying to make the financial activity of Vatican City as transparent as possible. Currently, it will be much more difficult for the Catholics to launder money. Moreover, Vatican City has significant amount of assets and investments, and it is able to independently manage costs without recoursing to outside assistance.
