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Vatican Cardinal Convicted Of Fraud In London Property Scandal

Vatican tribunal convicts Cardinal Becciu of fraud and embezzlement in financial scandal, facing prison sentence. Complex financial transactions and appeal...

Vatican tribunal explains conviction of cardinal in ‘trial of the century’

The trial focused on the Vatican secretariat of state’s participation in a fund to develop a former Harrod’s warehouse into luxury apartments

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal

The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023

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Vatican Cardinal Found Guilty In High-Profile Corruption Case

Cardinal Becciu sentenced to nearly six years in prison for embezzlement and abuse of office.

Zenger · Dec 18, 2023

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The Hindu · Dec 17, 2023

Pope’s former adviser jailed over major Vatican corruption scandal

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial before a Vatican criminal court, has been jailed for five years

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2023

Vatican tribunal convicts senior cardinal of embezzlement, sentences him to prison

A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.

France 24 · Dec 16, 2023

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Cardinal Becciu sentenced to 5 years in jail after embezzlement conviction in high profile Vatican City case

Cardinal found guilty after long running proceedings

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2023

A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican trial

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was convicted in a complicated financial trial that aired the Vatican's dirty laundry.

WEKU · Dec 16, 2023

Powerful Cardinal Sentenced To 5.5 Years In Vatican Fraud Trial

Angelo Becciu, 75, a former adviser to Pope Francis who was once considered a papal contender himself

Latin Times · Dec 16, 2023

Historic Vatican Fraud Trial To Deliver Its Verdict

A Vatican court delivers its verdict on Saturday in a historic trial focused on an opaque London property deal, with a once-powerful cardinal among 10 defendants facing jail for alleged financial crimes.

International Business Times · Dec 16, 2023

Cardinal and nine others to learn their fate in trial that aired Vatican state’s dirty laundry

A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fates when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state's dirty laundry

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2023

The Vatican's 'trial of the century,' a Pandora's box of unintended revelations, explained

Verdicts are expected for a cardinal and nine defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican’s modern history

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

Closing arguments in Vatican trial seek to expose problems in the city state's legal system

Lawyers for a once-powerful cardinal have accused Vatican prosecutors of being “prisoners to their completely shattered theory" in closing arguments of a trial that has raised fundamental questions about the rule of law in the city state

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

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The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Vatican prosecutor seeks 7 years in jail for cardinal, confiscation of $460 million from 10 people

The Vatican prosecutor has asked a court to convict 10 people, including a cardinal, of a range of financial crimes, sentence them to three to 13 years in prison and order the confiscation of more than $460 million to pay the Holy See back for large financial losses over the…

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

Cardinal blasts vendettas, 'plots against me' in Vatican financial trial

A Vatican cardinal on trial in the Holy See’s big financial crimes case has complained he can't properly defend himself because prosecutors have withheld key evidence

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

2nd Vatican official says pope OK'd ransom payments for nun

A second high-ranking Vatican official has said Pope Francis authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

In surprise, Pope Francis receives cardinal on trial for corruption

Pope Francis, in a surprise move, on Thursday granted an official private audience to Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the once-powerful Vatican prelate who is on trial for corruption and embezzlement.

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The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023

Vatican to hear from PR expert with grudge against cardinal

The Vatican’s big financial fraud and corruption trial is hearing from a public relations specialist who has long harbored a grudge against one of the prime defendants

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Vatican vendettas: Alleged witness manipulation jolts trial

Revelations that a key prosecution witness may have been manipulated into changing his story and cooperating with prosecutors has jolted a Vatican trial over a money-losing investment in a London property

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

Vatican court hears cardinal's secretly taped phone call with pope

A court at a Vatican corruption trial on Thursday heard a secretly recorded telephone call between the main defendant, embattled Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and Pope Francis.

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022

Vatican court hears secret recording of pope on hostage fees

The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case has heard from an unusual witness

Reuters · Nov 10, 2022

Vatican hit with $9.25 million claim by ousted auditor and deputy

The Vatican's first auditor general and his deputy, who were appointed in 2015 and fired two years later, are suing the Holy See for 9.3 million euros ($9.25 million) in damages, alleging they were sacked after discovering financial irregularities.

Reuters · Oct 13, 2022

Cardinal asked Vatican police to keep woman's embezzlement secret, court told

A cardinal at the centre of a Vatican corruption trial asked the city-state's police in 2020 not to disclose evidence that a woman who was working for him had embezzled money for personal use that was supposed to pay ransom for a kidnapped nun, a police officer told a court…

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Cardinal challenges Vatican cop over hostage payments

The Vatican’s fraud and corruption trial has taken a dramatic twist with a once-powerful cardinal challenging the Vatican’s police commissioner on the stand about one of the more peculiar tangents of the case

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