The Vatican bank has fired two ­employees on the grounds that their recent wedding violates a new ban on workplace marriages.

The Vatican bank confirmed Wednesday it has fired two employees on the grounds that their recent wedding violates a new ban on workplace marriages.

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As chairman of the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR), Ernst von Freyberg will head efforts to improve the image of the Vatican's bank which is under investigation for money laundering and has ...

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an Italian acronym meaning the Institute for the Works of Religion. The decree states: “In order to ensure equal treatment, the celebration of a canonical marriage between an employee of the Institute ...