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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

UK court backs Vatican, refuses to say London financier acted in 'good faith' in property deal

A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in his dealings involving the Holy See’s investment in a London property

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2025

Not good faith: Vatican rejects broker's claims at the close of a London trial over luxury property

The Vatican is insisting at the close of a trial in London that it was the victim of a years-long fraud over its investment in a London property

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024

Vatican Cardinal Found Guilty In High-Profile Corruption Case

Cardinal Becciu sentenced to nearly six years in prison for embezzlement and abuse of office.

Zenger · Dec 18, 2023

Pope’s former adviser jailed over major Vatican corruption scandal

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial before a Vatican criminal court, has been jailed for five years

The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2023

Vatican tribunal convicts senior cardinal of embezzlement, sentences him to prison

A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.

France 24 · Dec 16, 2023

Cardinal Becciu sentenced to 5 years in jail after embezzlement conviction in high profile Vatican City case

Cardinal found guilty after long running proceedings

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 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

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

Vatican unveils investment ethics body as corruption trial drags on

The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled a committee to oversee the ethics of its investments, even as a corruption trial related to a botched London real estate deal in which it lost more than 200 millions euros continued.

Reuters · Jun 7, 2022