A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to 5 ½ years in prison in one of several verdicts handed down in a complicated financial trial that aired the city state’s dirty laundry and tested its justice system.
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“This is the first cardinal to be prosecuted in a Vatican criminal court”, said FRANCE 24’s correspondent in Rome, Italy, Seema Gupta.” Cardinal Angelo Becciu is the most senior Vatican official to face such charges; “the 75-year-old cardinal was a former advisor to Pope Francis, so he was somebody who would meet with the pope and he was seen as a papal contender”.
Children are amongst those presumed dead.
‘I was so in love with Mike. He was such a wonderful soul.’
It’s a feast for the senses.
In other words: less passion, more precision.
‘Inmates who take care of cats truly care about their furry companions.’
‘It’s definitely taught me to not be so critical of myself and to make looking after yourself fun.’
Tears, joy and heated blankets: the rise of the silver gamers.
Rishi Sunak has invoked the spirit of Margaret Thatcher, vowing to stop illegal migration that threatens to “overwhelm” Europe.
A Christian mother and daughter were shot and killed and seven others wounded at the compound.
‘I’ve never had any problems in the past and when I’m alone, things still work normally.’
Pentagon officials have said that the US faces one of its “greatest challenges” yet as it tries to recruit more troops from Gen Z.
She says some are choking hazards and others are accidents waiting to happen.
She apparently has a preference for bubble tea.
He has been described as ‘an individual in hiding’.
I abstained from catching the bouquet — no matter how good the peonies would look on my windowsill — in fear that doing so would appear ‘too feminine’.
Parents of children under 13 are sharing their concerns about Gen Alpha possibly becoming the next beauty influencers on social media.
The budget airline’s parent company, easyGroup took particular issue with an album cover depicting a plane crash.
Harry was victim of hacking by Mirror Group papers, judge rules In a landmark decision, the High Court ruled that Prince Harry was a victim of phone hacking by Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) and awarded him £140,600 in damages. Justice Fancourt, presiding over the case, revealed that the prince’s personal phone had been targeted during the period spanning from 2003 to 2009. The severity of the violation was underscored by the acknowledgement that 15 out of 33 sample articles scrutinised were either “the product of phone hacking” or resulted from other forms of “unlawful information gathering.” The judgement further exposed…
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