Vatican's 'trial of the century' could see cardinal sent to prison | News Channel 3-12

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : In 2019, it was estimated the Holy See's Secretariat of State managed assets of roughly $1 billion.
51% : He is Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican, who held the position of "sostituto" ("substitute") in the Holy See's Secretariat of State, a papal chief of staff equivalent.
50% : He was also charged with embezzling more than €125,000 ($136,000) of church funds in a Sardinian charity run by his brother, and authorizing €575,000 ($618,000) in payments from the Secretariat of State to Cecilia Marogna, a "security consultant" purportedly to help free a nun kidnapped in Africa.
49% : As a result of the London property investigation, Francis ordered that the funds controlled by the Holy See's Secretariat of State be managed by a different Vatican entity where an experienced accountant, Fabio Gasperini, oversees day-to-day operations.
48% : For this to happen, Francis had to change the law to allow bishops and cardinals to stand trial in a Vatican tribunal.
45% : The building, they say, had been overvalued by Mincione and the Secretariat of State was not informed of a £75 million ($96 million) mortgage on the property.

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