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“I renew my trust in the Holy Father – says the cardinal – By becoming a cardinal, I promised to give my life for the Church and for the Pope. Those 100,000 euros, it is true, I have earmarked for Caritas. It is at the discretion of the Substitute to allocate the sums. that I am in a special fund for Caritas, to support various works. In 7-8 years he had never done a support work for Sardinia. I know that in my diocese there is an emergency, especially due to unemployment, I wanted to allocate those 100,000 euros to Caritas ”. Then Becciu points out that the sum passed from Caritas to the cooperative managed by his brother who collaborates with Caritas in Ozieri: “That money is still there, I don’t know why they accuse me of embezzlement.”
“For the Palace of London – he continues – the Saint Peter Pennies were not touched, they were not used. The Secretary of State had a fund, it had to grow ”. While for the Caritas de Ozieri the 100,000 euros came from the Obolo but it was a “charitable” purpose, Becciu reiterated, however answering that yesterday with the Pope, in the interview that lasted “twenty minutes”, no mention was made of the palace From london.
“There is no challenge to the pope, but everyone is entitled to their own innocence,” the cardinal said, addressing reporters. “I hope that sooner or later the Holy Father realizes that there has been a strong misunderstanding”, “I hope it has not been manipulated.” Becciu reported that yesterday the pontiff “suffered” by asking him to take a step back, “he was in trouble”, “perhaps he had wrong information.” However, the pope allowed Becciu to remain in his apartment in the Vatican.
Becciu reports that he has not received any communication from the magistrates but “I am here, I am willing to clarify, especially because I no longer have the rights as a cardinal” and therefore it is not necessary for the Pope to give the nulla osta. “I do not feel corrupt,” he added, also replying that he did not fear any arrest. The report of possible embezzlement came from the Italian Guardia di Finanza after the request for an investigation by the Vatican magistrates.
Becciu, Brother Mario speaking: “But do you think a cardinal can take over my beer?”
The investigation
Seven hundred thousand euros destined for the Pope’s charity ended up in operations that would have benefited the brothers. This would be the objection that Francis himself would have made to the former number two of the Vatican Secretariat of State, Monsignor Angelo Becciu, who yesterday handed over his position to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in the hands of Bergoglio, renouncing his rights as cardinal .
In particular, at the center of the discussion with the pontiff would have been the disbursement of an extraordinary contribution of one hundred thousand euros – from the “money for the poor” of the Pope, the Pennies of St. Peter – to support the charitable activities of Caritas in Ozieri . that it would eventually be destined not for Caritas but for its operative arm, the Spes social cooperative of which Becciu’s brother, Antonino, is president.
To the former prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Pope also allegedly challenged two other contributions of 300,000 euros each, delivered directly to Spes, after alleged pressure from Becciu on the leaders of the CEI. The former number two of the Secretary of State allegedly made similar pressures to favor the signing of the association between Caritas de Roma and the company Angel’s Srl, of which his brother Mario is director. Finally, from Bergoglio’s perspective, would be the commissions entrusted to the carpentry of another brother of the cardinal, Francesco, by a series of nunciatures, including that of Angola – where Becciu himself was nuncio for a long time – for a total sum of 80 thousand euros, and that of Cuba, for about 15 thousand euros.
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The replica of the Becciu family
In a joint note from the Becciu family signed by Sassari’s lawyer Ivano Iai, we read that “the information reported is unfounded and maliciously false, in particular because of the imaginative and unprovable references to alleged donations from the Obolo di San Pietro and directed to members of the Cardinal’s family, or to private entities attributable to some of them ”.
In particular, according to the lawyer’s letter, “as for Mr. Tonino Becciu, legal representative of the Spes social cooperative, no sum has ever been paid directly to the non-profit organization he runs.” “The contributions of the CEI are approved and disbursed with total transparency as interventions to support solidarity activities aimed at rewarding the human person with guaranteed work for sixty families thanks to the operational collaboration of the non-profit organization Spes.”
Specifically, “the contribution of 100,000 euros, dating from 2017 and coming from the Vatican Secretariat of State, does not seem to have been directed or received by the Spes Cooperative, but exclusively by the diocesan Caritas, which continues to be its depository specifically to against the current ”for a“ citadel of solidarity.
As for Professor Mario Becciu, owner of a company that produces craft beer, he is denied any payment of sums. “Angel’s received a loan in the full transparency of the transaction from a foreign investor” whose identity is however withheld for “reasons of contractual confidentiality”. There would not even have been any “institute of worship or other bodies attributable to the Holy See or the Catholic Church” that had commercial transactions with the company or prof.
Francesco Becciu, on the other hand, “would only have been called with time and thanks to his expertise and professional experience to carry out some carpentry work on behalf of ecclesiastical organizations not attributable to the cardinal.”
