Cardinal Angelo Becciu Archives

Cardinal Angelo Becciu

‘I want to shout to the world that I’m innocent’ convicted Cardinal tells TV show

December 19, 2023

ROME — In his first major media engagement since being convicted of financial crimes by a Vatican tribunal and sentenced to five and a half years in prison, Cardinal Angelo Becciu appeared on an Italian TV show proclaiming his innocence. “I’m going to do everything I can, everything to demonstrate my innocence through the legal

Contributions to Peter’s Pence plummet

August 16, 2021

Contributions to papal charities are slumping amid reports of financial scandals in the Vatican, according to reports. Speculation is mounting that concerns over corruption at the highest levels of the Catholic Church may be a factor in the falling generosity of the world’s faithful. It comes after the Vatican’s secretariat for the economy posted another

The Vatican Trials: A Breakdown

August 13, 2021

After the preliminary audience in the Vatican’s maxi-trial of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and nine others on charges they bilked, swindled, hoodwinked, cheated, threatened, extorted, and/or stole millions from the Vatican, the business has taken on the look and feel of a phoney war. Don’t be deceived. The preliminary hearing on July 27th in Vatican

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on Holy Thursday with Disgraced Cardinal Becciu

April 01, 2021

Several news reports say Pope Francis celebrated Thursday afternoon around 5:30pm Rome Time in Cardinal Becciu's private chapel, inside the cardinal's apartment in the Palazzo del Sant'Uffizio -- the headquarters of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith -- a stone's throw from the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse.