Vatican City high appeal court rejects prosecutor’s appeal in Becciu case

Vatican City’s highest appellate court has rejected an appeal from the city state’s chief prosecutor that sought to reopen the case against Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu and other defendants, even after the prosecution secured convictions against nine separate defendants on charges of various financial crimes, in a maxi-trial that concluded in 2023.

A laconic statement from the press office of the Holy See announced the developments on Monday.

The original case turned...