Corruption, Opacity, Embezzlement : The Vatican's finances, The First challenge for Leo XIV

Government

Cardinal Becciu is the face of the financial scandals plaguing the Curia. A crucial but perilous undertaking for Pope Leo XIV. Our exclusive investigation. In the early morning hours of May 6th, a shadow falls across the wall of a Roman palace. St. Peter's Square is deserted, but a hurried figure moves between the columns. Monsignor Angelo Becciu is eager to read the newspapers. Sentenced to five and a half years in prison in the first instance for fraud and embezzlement, he is the man who