Finance fraud in the Catholic Church

thumb|Inscription on the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran in [[Rome: (English: "Perpetual everyday plenary indulgence on every occasion for the living and the dead")]] thumb|Apostolic Benediction and Plenary Indulgence Parchment, featuring picture of Pope Pius XII

German Dominican friar and seller of indulgences 1460-1519

Vatican financial institution