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Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Defense in Vatican ‘trial of the century’ asks prosecutor to recuse himself for questionable conduct

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during news conference in Rome, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

After explosive revelations, Vatican trial heads to appeals phase

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Public relations expert Francesca Chaouqui walks past two Vatican Gendarmi as she leaves the Vatican during a pause of her trial, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Texts reveal behind-the-scenes maneuvering of the Vatican’s ‘trial of the century’

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Then-Monsignor Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy, at the St. John in Latheran Basilica, in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File )

Cardinals thank Cardinal Becciu for stepping back from conclave

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Then-Monsignor Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy, at the St. John in Latheran Basilica, in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File )

Who is Cardinal Becciu? Why isn’t he participating in the conclave to elect a pope?

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends a consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Aug. 27, 2022. Lawyers for the once-powerful cardinal have accused Vatican prosecutors of being "prisoners to their completely shattered theory" in closing arguments of a two-year trial. Becciu is on trial along with nine other people in a case that is focused on the Vatican's 350 million-euro investment in a London property. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

A cardinal and 9 others will learn their fate in a Vatican financial trial after 2 years of hearings

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during a press conference in Rome, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Lawyers for the once-powerful cardinal have accused Vatican prosecutors of being “prisoners to their completely shattered theory" in closing arguments of a two-year trial. Becciu is on trial along with nine other people in a case that is focused on the Vatican’s 350 million-euro investment in a London property. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Vatican’s ‘trial of the century,’ a Pandora’s box of unintended revelations, explained

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during a press conference in Rome, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Lawyers for the once-powerful cardinal have accused Vatican prosecutors of being “prisoners to their completely shattered theory" in closing arguments of a two-year trial. Becciu is on trial along with nine other people in a case that is focused on the Vatican’s 350 million-euro investment in a London property. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Explaining Vatican’s ‘trial of the century,’ a Pandora’s box of unintended revelations

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during press conference in Rome. A trial is slated to begin on Tuesday, July 27, 2021, within the Vatican City’s imposing walls of 10 defendants, including once-powerful cardinal Becciu, in a case based on a sprawling probe into the allegedly criminal management of the Holy See’s portfolio of assets, including donations by countless Catholics from the pews. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Cardinal, 9 others on trial at Vatican in money scandals

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Sept. 25, 2020 file photo, Cardinal Angelo Becciu looks down as he meets the media during a press conference in Rome. The Vatican cardinal sacked by Pope Francis amid a corruption investigation is fighting back, suing an Italian newsmagazine and claiming that his ouster has deprived him of the chance of being pope and will undermine the legitimacy of a future papal election. Cardinal Angelo Becciu is seeking 10 million euros in damages, to be given to charity, in a complaint filed in the Sassari, Sardinia tribunal against L’Espresso, the weekly magazine of Italy’s La Repubblica daily. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Vatican cardinal says ouster deprived him of possible papacy

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Australian anti-graft agency dismisses Vatican speculation

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2020, file photo, Australian Cardinal George Pell waves as he arrives at Rome's international airport in Fiumicino. Australian state police said Friday, Oct. 23, 2020 it was not investigating the transfer of money from the Vatican to Australia, throwing doubt on Italian media speculation that it might be linked to the overturned convictions of Cardinal George Pell for child sex abuse. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Australian police not investigating Vatican money transfer

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis, flanked by bishop Marcello Semeraro, leaves at the end of a morning session of the Synod of bishops, at the Vatican. On Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 the Vatican announced that Pope Francis nominated Semeraro as Prefect for the Congregation of the Saints. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)

Pope replaces saint-making chief as corruption scandal grows

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Cardinal George Pell has a drink in a cafe at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020. Cardinal George Pell, who left the Vatican in 2017 to face child sexual abuse charges in Australia, returned to Rome on Wednesday to find a Holy See mired in the type of corruption scandal he worked to expose and clean up. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cardinal Pell accuser denies bribe as Vatican intrigue grows

By NICOLE WINFIELD and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this Feb. 27, 2019, file photo, Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court in Melbourne, Australia. Pell, Pope Francis' former finance minister, will soon return to the Vatican during an extraordinary economic scandal for the first time since he was cleared of child abuse allegations in Australia five months ago, a newspaper has reported, Monday, Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)

Church says Cardinal Pell returning to Vatican in crisis

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during press conference in Rome, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. The powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, Cardinal Angelo Becciu, has resigned from the post and renounced his rights as a cardinal amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican cardinal pushes back after pope fires him in scandal

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press