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- Im Vatikan ist Kardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu zurückgetreten.
- The Vatican did not reveal why.
- According to media reports, he was involved in a Vatican financial scandal. It was a real estate investment in London.
- Becciu was prefect of the congregation that decides who is canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.
Such a cardinal resignation is a very rare thing. At first it wasn’t entirely clear whether Becciu would at least retain the title, if not the rights. As a general rule, according to experts, the liberation of this state is not planned within the church. When asked about his retirement, the former ecclesiastical diplomat of the Italian news agency Adnkronos said only: “I prefer to remain silent.”
Becciu als Mittelsmann?
In a previous position at the Secretary of State, the Vatican’s central bureaucracy, Becciu oversaw the controversial real estate business. Vatican prosecutors have been investigating him for some time. In June, investigators arrested Gianluigi Torzi, a London-based Italian financier.
He was reportedly acting as an intermediary when the Vatican tried to gain full control of the property. Torzi, who denies wrongdoing, has been charged with extortion, embezzlement, serious fraud and money laundering. He was released on bail a few days later.
