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Vatican finances

Cardinal Becciu retains luxury Vatican apartment after conviction

The cardinal's apartment featured several times in the course of his trial for financial crimes

The Pillar
Dec 19, 2023
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Cardinal Angelo Becciu retains the use of a palatial grace-and-favor apartment in Vatican City, despite being convicted of numerous financial crimes. 

Becciu has been resident for years in an apartment on the top floor of the Palazzo del Santo Uffizio, the extraterritorial building adjacent to St. Peter’s square which also houses the Dicastery for the Do…

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