Pope is banking on new-look institution
Centrist prime minister Enrico Letta survived a vote of confidence after the attempted overthrow of his government by his predecessor, but one Silvio Berlusconi was frustrated by a rebellion against him led by key lieutenants.
In early October, tragedy struck following the loss of a boat filled with hundreds of migrants near the island of Lampedusa, near the North African coast. And Pope Francis has appeared to tighten his grip on one of the Holy See’s most accident-prone institutions, the Vatican Bank.
