Early next month, the trial resumes of Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine others charged with a number of serious irregularities relating to Vatican finances – embezzlement, money laundering and abuse of office. Cardinal Becciu is the most prominent, being not only a former close associate of the pope, but the cardinal responsible for the advancement of canonisation causes; the others include individuals associated with financial oversight at the Vatican, and Cecilia Marogna, a glamorous figure accused of appropriating $575,000 intended for the ransom of kidnapped nuns, and spending some of it on designer handbags.