discounts - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 16 Oct 2014 03:36:17 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg discounts - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican buys 500 packages of cigarettes a month https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/10/17/vatican-buys-500-packages-cigarettes-month/ Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:09:52 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=64489 The Vatican buys 500 packages of cigarettes a month, according to a new report on its financial affairs. In a letter to Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, an official of the Vatican governate reported the purchases. Cardinals serving at the Vatican have been receiving a 20 per cent discount on Read more

Vatican buys 500 packages of cigarettes a month... Read more]]> The Vatican buys 500 packages of cigarettes a month, according to a new report on its financial affairs.

In a letter to Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy, an official of the Vatican governate reported the purchases.

Cardinals serving at the Vatican have been receiving a 20 per cent discount on cigarettes at the Vatican supermarket, as well as other discounts, the report showed.

The Italian daily La Repubblica, which obtained a copy of the account, said that some cardinals give away the cigarettes they purchase.

Other prelates said that they had never used the discounts.

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