Angelo Becciu, pictured with Pope Francis, is the most senior Vatican official ever to be charged with financial crimes
A Vatican court on Saturday convicted a once powerful Italian cardinal to five years and six months in jail for financial crimes at the end of a historic trial.
Angelo Becciu, 75, a former advisor to Pope Francis who was once considered a papal contender himself, had strongly denied charges that included embezzlement and abuse of office.
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