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Verdicts were handed down Saturday in the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” involving charges of financial crime against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other defendants.
Becciu guilty: sentenced to five-and-a-half-years imprisonment by Vatican court catholicherald.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicherald.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It marked the first time Cardinal Pietro Parolin has been heard during the two and a half year-long trial, despite the fact that decisions in the disputed $400 million real estate transaction in London were approved by Parolin on multiple occasions.