Hospital fund ‘spent on cardinal’s flat’

The Vatican is investigating two former officials about claims that money for a children’s hospital was used to refurbish a cardinal’s luxury apartment.

Costly work at former Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone’s flat — contrary to Pope Francis’s recommendations that Church officials live as modestly as he — caused a scandal when it was alleged that the Bambino Gesu (Baby Jesus) Hospital foundation had helped foot the bill.

Giuseppe Profiti, former manager at the Vatican-owned Bambino Gesu, and its ex-treasurer, Massimo Spina, are being investigated, Vatican press officer, Greg Burke, said, confirming a report in Italian magazine, L’Espresso.