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Letter #180, 2023, Saturday, December 23: Trial #5

    Standing on the right, Alessandro Diddi, the prominent Italian defense attorney who changed roles and became the chief prosecutor in the Vatican's "trial of the century." He has now filed a curious appeal against the verdict...     Letter #180, 2023, Saturday, December 23: Trial #5 -- After the Guilty Verdicts, Appeals (also by the Prosecutor)     On [...]

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Letter #179, 2023, Friday, December 15: Trial #4

   Pope Francis with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, some years ago.     A verdict in Becciu's two-and-a-half-year trial — dubbed by the press the "Vatical trial of the century" — will come tomorrow afternoon, December 16. A final reflection on this trial...     “Those who work at the Holy See and the Vatican City State certainly do so faithfully [...]

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Letter #178, 2023, Tuesday, December 12: Trial #3

Cardinal Angelo Becciu | Vatican News     Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75. A verdict in his two and a half year Vatican "trial of the century" will come on December 14, 15 or 16. But behind this trial with 10 defendants, there are larger forces working, many Italian observers are saying...     "Each session of the [...]

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Letter #176, 2023, Tue, Dec 5: Trial #1

Cardinal Angelo Becciu | Vatican News     Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, on Trial     This letter is a continuation of the letter the other day, Letter #173 entitled "Old Mazda" (link).     In that letter, I noted that Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, the Vatican cardinal who has been charged in the Vatican "trial of the century" [...]

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Letter #174, 2023, Sun, Dec 3: Assisi Prize

    Pope Francis with Bishop Domenico Sorrentino of Assisi, Italy. The Assisi bishop will be in Rome on Tuesday, December 5, to award a special "Francis of Assisi and Carlo Acutis" prize     Letter #174, 2023, Sunday, December 3: Assisi Prize     The bishop of Assisi, Domenico Sorrentino, will be in Rome, in Vatican City, on Tuesday, December [...]

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