Said Socialist Vice-Premier Pietro Nenni early last year: “No Socialist can take the responsibility for giving the Vatican tens of billions of lire.” Caught in the crossfire, Christian ...

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it was common knowledge among resident foreign journalists that you could get a much better exchange rate for the Italian lira from your dollars or pounds by visiting the Vatican's own bank ...

The Holy See used to have its own currency, the Vatican lire, but switched to the euro along with Italy in 2002. Sign up here. All stamps and coins produced by the Vatican are on show, along with ...

it was common knowledge among resident foreign journalists that you could get a much better exchange rate for the Italian lira from your dollars or pounds by visiting the Vatican's own bank ...