'This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court'

Name: 'This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court'
Uploaded: 2023-12-16T20:14:18+00:00
Duration: 1 min 56 s
Description: "This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court", said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Rome, Italy, Seema Gupta." Cardinal Angelo Becciu is the most senior Vatican official to face such charges; "the 75-year-old cardinal was a former advisor to Pope Francis, so he was somebody who would meet with the pope and he was seen as a papal contender".

Issued on: 16/12/2023 - 21:14Modified: 16/12/2023 - 22:16

Video by: Seema GUPTA

"This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court", said FRANCE 24's correspondent in Rome, Italy, Seema Gupta." Cardinal Angelo Becciu is the most senior Vatican official to face such charges; "the 75-year-old cardinal was a former advisor to Pope Francis, so he was somebody who would meet with the pope and he was seen as a papal contender".