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Cardinal Becciu sentenced to 5.5 years in prison over role in Vatican investment scandal

  • Bias Rating

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Reliability

    40% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    44% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : While the court's decision was almost two years below the prosecutors' recommendation, codefendants Enrico Crasso and former Secretariat of State official Fabrizio Tirabassi both received seven-year sentences over their investment dealings.
47% : The Vatican also charged Becciu with providing €575,000 in Secretariat of State funds, meant to aid a Columbian nun kidnapped in Mali, to an associate who used them for personal expenses.
33% : Becciu, former Substitute for General Affairs in the Vatican's Secretariat of State, was accused of involvement in a failed London real estate investment that resulted in a €139 million loss for the Holy See.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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