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Cardinal Angelo Becciu was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 ½ years in prison in a Vatican corruption trial, shedding light on the Vatican's financial practices and raising questions about its rule of law. The trial involved a messy purchase of a building in London by the Vatican's Secretariat of State, implicating multiple defendants. The case is a test of Pope Francis's reforms and highlights the Vatican's murky finances.

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