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All ten defendants have denied any wrong-doing, and their attorneys have requested full exoneration. The indictments were first handed down in July 2021, and, in fits and starts, the trial has been underway ever since.
Observers are suggesting that the trial represents a reassertion of virtually absolute temporal power on the part of the papacy, with potentially far-reaching and dangerous consequences.
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“We arrive here calmly, with an active assessment of the cardinal’s innocence,” attorney Fabbio Viglione said, requesting that Becciu be acquitted.