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Vatican 'let down' in botched London property deal involving The Pope himself, UK Judge rules

Secretariat of State of the Holy See agreed to buy a part-share of a former Harrods depository

Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2025

Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, points finger at deputy who escaped unscathed

Pope Francis’ chief of staff has become one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2024

Vatican prosecutor appeals verdict that largely dismantled his fraud case but convicted cardinal

The Vatican’s chief prosecutor has appealed a court verdict that largely dismantled his theory of a grand conspiracy to defraud the Holy See of millions of euros

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023

A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican trial

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was convicted in a complicated financial trial that aired the Vatican's dirty laundry.

WEKU · Dec 16, 2023

Cardinal and nine others to learn their fate in trial that aired Vatican state’s dirty laundry

A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fates when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state's dirty laundry

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2023

The Vatican's 'trial of the century,' a Pandora's box of unintended revelations, explained

Verdicts are expected for a cardinal and nine defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican’s modern history

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

Closing arguments in Vatican trial seek to expose problems in the city state's legal system

Lawyers for a once-powerful cardinal have accused Vatican prosecutors of being “prisoners to their completely shattered theory" in closing arguments of a trial that has raised fundamental questions about the rule of law in the city state

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

The pope's absolute power, and the problems it can cause, are on display in 2 Vatican trials

Two Vatican trials are coming to a head this week

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023

Pope sought to lose 'as little as possible' in London deal

The Vatican's No. 3 says Pope Francis gave clear indications to get out of a disastrous London real estate deal at the heart of big criminal trial

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Journalist deflates accusation at Vatican financial trial

An Italian journalist has deflated an accusation in the Vatican’s sprawling financial trial

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023