Cardinal Parolin’s day in court: What to expect

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is set to give testimony next month in the Vatican financial trial. So, what might he be asked, and what might he say?

Cardinal Pietro Parolin is set to make a kind of history in the New Year. The Secretary of State is due to give testimony next month in the Vatican financial trial, where he will be asked to give evidence about — for or against, we will see — his former deputy and brother cardinal, Angelo Becciu.

The prospect of cardinal-on-cardinal court testimony in a …