text: I would also like to know, John. But by today's standards, the Vatican Bank is quite poor (for its constituency of 1.2 billion self-identified members), considering the amounts that other religious groups handle -- the hundreds of billions the Moslem Saudis handle for Islamic causes, the building of new mosques, etc.; likewise the tens of billions the Mormons in Utah manage (for its 12 million members); or even universities like Notre Dame, whose endowment -- for educational purposes -- is well over 10 billion, or Harvard, whose endowment is more than three times that. But genuine accountability exists where there is open and honest financial reckoning. We -- Catholics on the globe -- should expect that from the Vatican. But I've a question for you: why don't German Catholics or UK Catholics or French or Canadian Catholics complain? Why always American Catholics, NCR readers like us, who want accountability? German Catholics I know call Francis a "guest worker." They don't expect much!