VATICAN CITY, June 11 (Reuters) - The Vatican will not accept donations from South American soccer federation CONMEBOL for a charity sponsored by Pope Francis, it said on Thursday, following corruption charges last month against officials at the sport's global governing body.
Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez sent a letter to CONMEBOL, the Argentine Football Association and a local TV company saying it was suspending an agreement signed in April, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said, confirming an earlier report in Argentine newspaper Infobae.
The deal to support the Vatican's education and sports charity Scholas would have seen CONMEBOL donate $10,000 for every goal scored in the Copa America, which kicks off on Thursday in Chile.