US EditionAfter explosive revelations, Vatican trial heads to appeals phase
Pope Francis issued four secret decrees granting wide powers to prosecutors and intervened personally in the Vatican's financial scandal trial, raising questions about separation of powers.
- Defense lawyers obtained 3,225 pages of WhatsApp messages related to the Vatican's trial of 10 people accused of financial misconduct, including a cardinal.
- Francesca Chaouqui indicated close ties with Vatican investigators and expressed her desire to assist the accused, with concerns about confidentiality.
- Chaouqui stated, 'If it gets out that we all agreed, it’s the end,' highlighting the risks of their agreement.
- An audio file allegedly features Vatican police commissioner Stefano De Santis instructing Chaouqui on what to advise Perlasca during questioning.
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Texts reveal behind-the-scenes maneuvering of the Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’
When the appeals trial opens Monday in the Vatican's “trial of the century,” thousands of pages of WhatsApp text messages will be taking center stage.
In a new courtroom, under a new pontificate, 644 days after the first-instance ruling, the appeal trial for the management of Holy See funds opens tomorrow, Monday, September 22, in the Vatican. Five hearings are scheduled for this first week (September 22-26). This marks a new chapter, therefore, following the first-instance proceedings, which began in July 2022 and concluded on December 16, 2023, with the conviction of ten defendants for crime…
VATICAN CITY- The Vatican’s “trial of the century” had everything: part thriller of Dan Brown, part judicial drama of John Grisham and part tragicomedia shakesperiana of low level. The financial mystery about the failed investment of 350 million euros of the Holy See in a property in London stood out for its surrealist cast of characters and for revealing Vatican revenge, espionage and even payments of papal ransoms to Islamic insurgents. YOU MA…
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