Cardinal Becciu sentenced to five years and a six months in prison for financial scandal

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The trial examined over the past two and a half years the purchase of a building in central London orchestrated by the Vatican Secretariat of State when Becciu was its successor for General Affairs (2011-2018), a speculative operation that created a hole in the accounts of the Holy See of at least 139 million euros (151.6 million dollars).
46% : In this case, which involved a total of ten defendants, Fabrizio Tirabassi, an employee of the administrative office of the Vatican Secretariat of State, was also sentenced to seven and a half years in prison.

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