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Closing arguments in Vatican trial seek to expose problems in the city state’s legal system

Vatican City AP Lawyers for a once-powerful cardinal accused Vatican prosecutors of being “prisoner to their completely shattered theory” on Wednesday in the latest round of closing arguments of a trial that has raised fundamental questions about the rule of law in the city state. Despite attempts to demonise Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the two-year trial hasn’t […]

Cardinal skips Vatican trial to boycott talk of rumoured liaison with woman

Vatican City Reuters A cardinal who is a defendant in a Vatican corruption trial stayed away on Tuesday because he did not want to be in the room when lawyers spoke of rumours that he had an intimate relationship with a woman, which he has denied. The trial, in which 10 defendants are accused of […]