Pope Francis' former adviser is jailed for more than five years

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : He was number two in the Secretariat of State, the Vatican department that works most closely with the pope, from 2011 to 2018.
52% : The London real estate deal dates to 2014 and is said to have involved a 300 million euro purchaseThe onetime chief of staff in the Vatican secretariat of state, Becciu is also linked to Sardinian woman Cecilia Marogna, who is also on trial, whom he hired in 2016 as an external security consultant.
43% : Vatican lawyers argued that any UK hearing could interfere with criminal proceedings and 'legitimate acts of a foreign state'.
35% : For its part, the Holy See views itself as 'an offended party' and has asked through Secretary of State Pietro Parolin for the court to 'punish all crimes'.

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