VATICAN CITY (CNS) Taking the stand for a second time at his Vatican trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu spent more than two hours reading a statement in which he claimed accusations of financial impropriety were an attempt to stain his reputation.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) Taking the stand for the first time at his Vatican trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu said the allegations of embezzlement against him are part of a violent and vulgar media campaign meant to demonize and destroy me.
Taking the stand for the first time at his Vatican trial, Cardinal Angelo Becciu said the allegations of embezzlement against him are part of a "violent and vulgar" media campaign meant to "demonize and destroy me." "I have been described as a corrupt man, greedy for money, disloyal to the pope, concerned only with the welfare of my family members," Cardinal Becciu, the former prefect of the Congregation for Saints' Causes, told the Vatican City court March 17.