The Vatican Court sentences Cardinal Becciu to more than five years in prison

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : The London case is the key to the investigation focused on how the Secretariat of State managed its assets, many of them financed by the Saint Peter's Pence, the Vatican organization that collects donations from the faithful that in theory should be allocated to the most disadvantaged.
47% : Becciu, Sardinian, was one of the most important figures in the Vatican as a substitute in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See, de facto number three in the Vatican, but he ended up becoming the first cardinal to sit on the dock of those accused for his role in the scam during the sale and purchase of a luxury building in London, a former Harrods headquarters in Chelsea, when he held this position.
46% : The decision, pending appeals, closes a trial that has revealed, beyond the lack of transparency in Vatican finances, the incompetence with which money was handled in the Secretariat of State of the Holy See and damage to your reputation as a consequence.
38% : The others, employees of the Secretariat of State, brokers and mediators of the operation accused of profiting from defrauding the Holy See, have been sentenced to compensation and prison sentences of up to seven and a half years in prison.
37% : Specifically, the Court considers that Becciu is guilty of embezzlement for having made more than $200 million available to an investment fund with a high risk of speculation, a third of the money then available at the Secretary of State.

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