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Vatican Bank Launches Catholic Investment Indexes for Global Markets

2/11/2026

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The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), the Vatican Bank, introduced two equity benchmarks on February 10, 2026.
The Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and Morningstar IOR US Catholic Principles indexes guide Catholic investments globally.
Each index tracks 50 medium- and large-cap companies meeting Catholic investing standards.
The benchmarks were developed with Morningstar and include Meta and Amazon, following S&P 500 Catholic Values Index launched over a decade ago.

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Story summary

The Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), the Vatican Bank, introduced two equity benchmarks on February 10, 2026.
The Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and Morningstar IOR US Catholic Principles indexes guide Catholic investments globally.
Each index tracks 50 medium- and large-cap companies meeting Catholic investing standards.
The benchmarks were developed with Morningstar and include Meta and Amazon, following S&P 500 Catholic Values Index launched over a decade ago.