Vatican suspends PwC audit

The Vatican suspended an audit of its finances by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), it said on Thursday, a decision sources said was taken to determine if there were irregularities in the contract. Vatican sources said the Secretariat of State, the top department in the Vatican bureaucracy, sent letters last week to all departments informing them of the suspension. At issue is whether proper procedures were followed when the contract, reportedly worth $3 million, was signed by the Secretariat of the