Beginning of the end in Vatican financial trial

The Vatican’s chief prosecutor made a key concession during closing arguments, but insisted the case to convict remains sound

The sprawling trial into alleged financial crimes at the Vatican Secretariat of State entered its final phase this week, with prosecutors beginning their summing up arguments against the ten defendants. 

The Vatican’s chief prosecutor made a key concession during closing arguments, when he admitted to the court that he had wrongfully asserted that a majo…