US EditionPope Meets Cardinal Sentenced for Financial Crimes, Banned From Conclave
- Pope Leo XIV, who has led the Catholic Church for nearly a month, held a private meeting on May 27 in Rome with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a disgraced Italian prelate convicted of financial crimes.
- The meeting followed Becciu's December 2023 sentencing to five and a half years in jail over a $250 million Vatican real estate scandal in London, which marked the Vatican's Trial of the Century.
- At 76 years old, Becciu was ordered to pay a fine near $8,700 and is banned for life from occupying any public Vatican office; despite this, he rejects the accusations and has appealed the verdict, while Pope Leo is concentrating on other urgent matters within the church.
- Pope Leo has prioritized addressing unfinished issues from Pope Francis's tenure, such as the Vatican’s financial situation and the clerical abuse crisis, demonstrated by his recent meetings with key officials and naming Robert Sarah as special envoy.
- This encounter with Becciu does not imply his reinstatement but suggests Pope Leo's intent to engage with difficult matters while working to reconcile divisions within the Church and College of Cardinals.
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