Verdicts were handed down Saturday in the Vatican’s “trial of the century,” involving charges of financial crime against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine other defendants.
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All ten defendants have denied any wrong-doing, and their attorneys have requested full exoneration. The indictments were first handed down in July 2021, and, in fits and starts, the trial has been underway ever since.