Ex-top cardinal taped Pope Francis’ phone call – media

Details of the secret recording have emerged during a major fraud and embezzlement trial

A former high-ranking cardinal on trial for abuse of office and misuse of church funds secretly recorded a sensitive phone call with Pope Francis, a Vatican court heard on Thursday.

According to several news outlets, the conversation, which was taped by Giovanni Angelo Becciu and played during the trial, dealt with spending the Vatican’s money on the release of a nun captured in Africa.