<p style="text-align:start">After learning that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and a relative of his secretly recorded a phone call with Pope Francis, the Vatican's chief prosecutor said his office is considering a new charge one of criminal conspiracy against the cardinal, who has been on trial since July 2021 for financial malfeasance.</p>
VATICAN CITY (CNS) After learning that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and a relative of his secretly recorded a phone call with Pope Francis, the Vatican s chief prosecutor said his office is considering a new charge one of criminal conspiracy against the cardinal, who has been on trial since July 2021 for financial malfeasance.
Alessandro Diddi, the prosecutor, played the recording in the courtroom Nov. 24 after sending reporters out of the room. But lawyers for the 10 defendants, who include
VATICAN CITY (CNS) After learning that Cardinal Angelo Becciu and a relative of his secretly recorded a phone call with Pope Francis, the Vatican s chief prosecutor said his office is considering a new charge one of criminal conspiracy against the cardinal, who has been on trial since July 2021 for financial malfeasance.
Alessandro Diddi, the prosecutor, played the recording in the courtroom Nov. 24 after sending reporters out of the room. But lawyers for the 10 defendants, who include