US EditionCardinal Becciu’s Vatican Appeal Hearing Begins
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Cardinal Becciu’s Vatican appeal hearing begins
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in 2019. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/EWTN National Catholic Register, Sep 22, 2025 / 17:51 pm (CNA). The appeal hearing for Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former deputy Vatican secretary of state who was convicted in December 2023 of embezzlement, aggravated fraud, and abuse of office, began on Monday.Heard by a six-judge Vatican Court of Appeal, the appeal is expected to revisit both factual and procedural objections fr…
The appeals process for Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu is beginning in the Vatican. The clergyman was sentenced in 2023 to five and a half years in prison for irregularities in the management of funds at the Holy See's Secretariat of State. His case gained notoriety, and the trial was dubbed the trial of the century. Along with the cardinal, six other convicted men appealed the verdict.
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