A Vatican court on Saturday sentenced a powerful cardinal to five-and-a-half years in prison for financial crimes, following a historic trial over corruption at the heart of the Holy See.
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, once touted as a future pope, was convicted of embezzlement and abuse of office, among other charges.
As Pope Francis' former chief of staff, he now has the dubious distinction of being the first cardinal ever to stand trial before a Vatican tribunal.
The two-and-a-half-year proceedings - dubbed 'the trial of the century' in Rome and the most complex in the Vatican's modern history - revolved ...
