VATICAN CITY (CNS) ─ On the first day of his trial at the Vatican, Cardinal Angelo Becciu turned to members of the press behind him to comment on the grueling seven-hour hearing. “I am serene, I feel calm in my conscience, I have faith that the judges will know well the facts, and my great hope is that certainty they will recognize my innocence,” Cardinal Becciu said July 27 after the hearing concluded. During the trial, however, the cardinal’s lawyers questioned the fairness of the accusations against him, saying that he was not given the opportunity to give a statement to prosecutors during their investigation, while Msgr. Alberto Perlasca, the former head of the Vatican Secretariat of State’s administrative office, went from suspect to star witness.
Bad blood: Old rivalry revives at Vatican property trial – Detroit Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
Bad blood: Old rivalry revives at Vatican property trial – Detroit Catholic: Read Catholic News & Stories
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