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Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu. | Credit: Alan Holdren/CNA

Vatican Court Sentences Cardinal to 5 Years in Jail for Embezzlement

Dec 16, 2023

Five other defendants in the "Trial of the Century" received similar sentences.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu (left) at the consistory in St. Peter's Basilica, Aug. 27, 2022. | Daniel Ibáñez / CNA

Vatican Prosecutor Seeks 7 Years in Prison, $15 Million in Cardinal’s Financial Trial

Jul 26, 2023

The top public prosecutor for the Vatican on Wednesday asked the judge in Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s financial malfeasance trial to serve the embattled prelate with seven years and three months in prison and to confiscate more than $15 million in connection with his alleged mismanagement of Holy See funds. 

Giovanni Angelo Becciu, former prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, pictured June 27, 2019. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA.

Italian Cardinal Accused of Corruption, Abuse of Office Present at Day 1 of Finance trial

Jul 27, 2021

Angelo Cardinal Becciu was present Tuesday, July 27, the first day of a major Vatican finance trial to defend himself of charges of embezzlement and abuse of office. He is one of 10 defendants in the Vatican’s largest trial for financial crimes in modern times.

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