Vatican financial reform leader to speak at Notre Dame | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Vatican financial reform leader to speak at Notre Dame Vatican financial reform leader to speak at Notre Dame Published: November 04, 2015 Author: Carol Elliott Joseph Zahra In February, Pope Francis gathered with the College of Cardinals and a group of lay people inside Vatican City’s Synod Hall for a historic event: to receive an update on the financial health of the Holy See. Until very recently, only the pope and a small group of his closest aides were privy to the details of the Vatican Bank’s financial status. But Pope Francis has made financial reform a top priority, not only opening the books for scrutiny but convening a panel including six highest-caliber lay Catholics. Joseph Zahra, a former chairman of Malta’s Bank of Valletta and director of the island nation’s central bank, was selected to serve as chair. Zahra will be speaking at the University of Notre Dame about the pope’s groundbreaking move during a talk at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 11 (Wednesday) in the Eck Visitors Center Auditorium. “Inside the Financial and Administrative Changes in the Vatican: What Pope Francis is Doing and Why,” sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business, is free and open to the public. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop emeritus of Washington and CAPP-USA National Ecclesiastical Counselor, will introduce Zahra. “This is a rare opportunity to hear from a renowned financial expert personally entrusted by Pope Francis with leading a reform effort essential to the Church’s ongoing leadership,” said Roger Huang, Martin J. Gillen Dean of the Mendoza College of Business. “I urge anyone with interest in learning more about the pope’s vision to attend.” “In order to serve the people of God with integrity, the Church must be managed in a professional way by committed and highly trained leaders,” said Rev. William Lies, C.S.C., Notre Dame vice president for mission engagement and Church affairs. “Joseph Zahra’s management expertise and financial acumen are serving the Church and the world. I hope his lecture about the ways Pope Francis is reforming Vatican finances will inspire our students to use what they learn at Notre Dame to serve the Church and the world.” As president of the Pontifical Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See, Zahra was charged with the investigation of accounting practices among Vatican offices and bodies and to help devise new strategies for greater fiscal responsibility and transparency. Subsequently, he was named vice-coordinator of the Council for the Economy of The Holy See, which was established by Pope Francis and charged with oversight for the administrative and financial structures and activities of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia, the institutions linked to the Holy See and the Vatican City State. Zahra’s visit is made possible through the courtesy of CAPP-USA, the United States affiliate of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation. Contact: Jean Meade, project administrator, Mendoza College of Business, 574-631-3277, Jean.Meade@nd.edu Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn