The trial of the century ends in the Vatican: what you need to know

Viglione bases his arguments on the doubts raised about Bishop Berlasca’s testimony. To the odds it fell And, apparently, he accepted the external recommendations of Francesca Immacolata Sougi, former member of the Commission of Reference for the Study of the Economic and Administrative Structure of the Holy See (COSEA) and who in 2016 Sentenced to ten months imprisonment For complicity in the leaking of secret Vatican documents.

However, according to Vatican newsDuring the 84th session, the promoter of justice said that Mons Berlasca’s testimony was not a “cornerstone of the investigation” and that the former official did not give “any clue” about the money paid to Marogna.

“If it’s true that Becheu was cheated on by Marogna,” he asks, “Why didn’t he report it? Why did you keep meeting her in 2021? Why do you welcome her into your home?”

Likewise, in charge of mediating the release of the Colombian nun, he assured that “the Pope did not offer the money to Marogna, because he knew nothing about her, but the British company Inkerman.”

In the case of Cáritas Ozieri, Viglione assures that the funds were not for a cooperative managed by the cardinal’s brother, but for the reactivation of a local bakery and a project called the Citadel of Charity.

On the other hand, the Vatican Prosecutor’s Office has criticized the defense for not confronting the “conclusions of Oristano’s GdF (Financial Guard) investigation” into the Osieri Diocese and Spes Cooperative in this case.

The Vatican Secretariat of State calls for punishment for all crimes

A few days before the sentencing, a letter from the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to the Office of the Promoter of Justice was read. The letter was dated November 6 but was reported to the office on December 11.

According to Vatican newsThe letter was read during the 84th hearing “in response to a request from the same office regarding the Secretary of State’s lack of complaint and confirmation of willingness to proceed.”

In the letter, Cardinal Parolin explains, “Following the position already adopted by the Secretary of State, I confirm the request that action be taken at the request of a party and that the Secretary of State investigates and punishes all crimes he deems to be the case. “Aggrieved Party.”

While Cardinal Pesiu’s lawyer, María Concetta Marzo, assured that the cardinal’s innocence of any charges had been “proven”, the Office of the Judicial Promoter reiterated its demand that the cardinal be declared guilty and barred from holding any public office. On a perennial basis.