Alessandro Diddi, the prosecutor, announced the new charges March 30 at the end of the trial’s 54th session.
Additional charges filed in Vatican finance trial
Vatican trial looks at woman who supposedly could help free kidnapped nun
Stefano De Santis, Vatican police commissioner and a witness for the prosecution, testified Oct. 12 that police in Slovenia contacted the Vatican to report “an Italian citizen who was carrying out a fraud against the Secretariat of State.”
Appeals court upholds sentence against former Vatican bank president
The former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer both were sentenced to eight years and one month in jail for skimming profits from the sale of Vatican properties.
‘Holy oil’: Trial sheds new light on proposed Vatican investment
Vatican officials studied the investment proposal during the time Pope Francis was drafting his 2015 encyclical on the environment.
At Vatican trial, cardinal says pope ordered auditor’s ouster
Vatican prosecutors continued their cross-examination May 18-19 of Cardinal Becciu in a Vatican trial focused on financial malfeasance and mismanagement.
At Vatican trial, Cardinal Becciu returns to testify
The former prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, returned to the stand May 5 at the Vatican trial against him and nine defendants accused of several charges related to financial malfeasance and mismanagement.
Cardinal claims to be victim of ‘violent’ media campaign
Cardinal Becciu, former prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, took the stand March 17 in the trial against him and nine other defendants.
Church finances must be ‘exemplary,’ ‘irreproachable,’ pope says
Welcoming the members of the Vatican court, Pope Francis thanked them for the “dedication with which they engage in the delicate service of the administration of justice.”