Trial of the Century
Vatican Prosecutors In “Trial of the Century” Fail To Deposit Evidence By Deadline
Vatican prosecutors on Thursday seemingly defied an appeals court order to turn over to the defense all the evidence gathered in the Vatican’s big financial trial, setting the stage for ...
Yet Another Huge Setback in Vatican’s “Trial of the Century”
The so-called “trial of the century” in the Vatican adds a new international setback. The Swiss federal prosecutor’s office has archived the criminal proceedings against financier Enrico Crasso, former advisor ...
Escalation in the Becciu Case: After the Nullity of the Trial, the Promoter Might Not Deliver Key Evidence
The trial over the London property scandal has opened a new crack in the Vatican judicial system: a direct confrontation between the Promoter of Justice and the Court of Appeal ...
The Vatican Court’s Double Standards
The Vatican City Court of Appeal issued a decision Tuesday ordering a review of the investigation and indictment which opened the landmark financial crimes trial in 2022. The March 17 ...
Pope Francis’ Problematic Secret Decrees in Spotlight in Vatican’s ‘Trial of the Century’
Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” argued Tuesday that Pope Francis inadvertently violated the fundamental rights of their clients by issuing four secret decrees that gave prosecutors ...
Witness-Tampering Allegations Turn Spotlight from Becciu to Vatican Prosecutor
Defense lawyers in the Holy See’s “trial of the century” asked the Vatican prosecutor to recuse himself from the appeals trial Monday, arguing he was implicated in questionable behavior according ...
Vatican Appeals Trial Unveils New Scandal And Secrets
Thousands of leaked messages and secret decrees raise questions about the fairness of the Vatican’s most explosive financial trial as appeals hearings begin. It’s been called the Vatican’s “trial of ...
BOMBSHELL: Parolin Reportedly Signed Final Document Approving Purchase Of Property At Center Of Peter’s Pence Scandal
A few hours before the start of the Conclave, while the debate revolves around poisons and alleged conspiracies, new documents emerge that shed more and more light on the affair ...
Becciu Alleges New Evidence Proves Misconduct in Vatican ‘Trial of the Century’
The Vatican’s “trial of the century”, which ended in December 2023 with guilty verdicts against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and eight other defendants for financial crimes, is back in the ...
Vatican Publishes Judgment on Cardinal Becciu, Allowing Appeal to Proceed
The tribunal of Vatican City State has published its reasons for convicting Cardinal Angelo Becciu, stating he was involved in the illicit use of Holy See funds despite having no ...
Vatican’s ‘Trial of the Century’ Heads to British Court
A senior Archbishop is going to make an unprecedented appearance in a British court to be cross-examined over a £350m London property fraud case that saw Pope Francis authorise wire-tapping. In ...
Get Beccui!
What a trial… The Vatican “trial of the century”… Two and a half years now… two and a half years(!) since July 27, 2021… And it will end this week… ...
Trial of the Century: “When the Pope Does It, That Means Its Not Illegal.”
In the galaxy of Italian Catholicism, Alberto Melloni and Sandro Magister may not quite be matter and anti-matter, but they’re definitely not on the same planet. Melloni is a progressive ...
Court Orders Vatican to Turn Over Messages Between Parolin and Peña Parra
According to a report by the Telegraph, a UK court has ordered the Vatican to turn over confidential texts and emails between Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Venezuelan Archbishop Edgar ...
Vatican Prosecutor Seeks 7 Years in Jail for Cardinal, Confiscation of $460 Million from 10 Defendants
The Vatican prosecutor asked a court Wednesday to convict 10 people, including a cardinal, of a range of financial crimes, sentence them to three to 13 years in prison and ...
Vatican on Trial in UK for First Time in History
Lawyers for Raffaele Mincione have claimed that the Vatican’s chief prosecutor may have perverted the course of justice because of the misleading allegations leveled against him in British courts. The ...
Pope’s Role in Financial Scandal Again Takes Center Stage
Pope Francis’ own role in the investigation into financial wrongdoing at the Holy See took center stage Friday in the Vatican tribunal, with witnesses saying he encouraged a key suspect ...
Vatican’s Star Witness Testimony in ‘Trial of the Century’ May Just Have Backfired on Pope Francis
Just when you think that the Vatican’s “trial of the century” against a cardinal and nine other defendants for various alleged financial crimes can’t get any more surreal, two developments ...
Vatican Courts Raises Accusations of Fraud and Embezzlement Over Donations to Peter’s Pence
The Vatican’s “trial of the century”, scheduled to continue in September, has so far offered plenty of drama and raised numerous unanswered questions. One of the most sensitive, not just ...
Legal Tsunami May be Headed for Vatican Prosecutors in ‘Trial of the Century’
Somewhere out in the ocean right now, a small buoy is measuring wave direction and speed, along with barometric pressure and water temperature, feeding that data back to observatories. Even ...
The Financial ‘Gang of Four’ at the Heart of Vatican’s Trial of the Century
While Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu is the most high-profile defendant among those indicted by Vatican prosecutors over a disputed London real estate deal, a group of four Italian laymen, both ...