World | Posted on Jul 17, 2008 at 04:12pm IST

Vatican feels the pinch of weakening dollar

CNN-IBN

New Delhi: The Vatican's feeling the pinch of the weakening American dollar. Its administrative core has lost about $14 million.

Last year its investment losses amounted to twelve and a $0.5 mn dollars compared to an $11 million profit the year before.

All because the heavy donation that comes from Americans is in dollars and the Vatican spends in euros. Last year the dollar lost 15 per cent of its value to the euro.

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