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Vatican finances

Becciu says pope ‘should no longer be head of state’

The former papal chief of staff, convicted of numerous financial crimes, said it is 'necessary to clarify the exercise of papal authority' in a TV interview

The Pillar
Oct 31, 2024
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Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former papal chief of staff convicted of financial crimes, has said that the exercise of papal power needs to change, calling for the pope to lose his governing authority in the Vatican City State.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu in “Het Vaticaan: de staat van de kerk.” 

Becciu, who was convicted of embezzlement, fraud, and abuse of off…

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