ROME – The Vatican’s “trial of the century” is due to come to its long-awaited conclusion at some point this week. It follows two and a half years and 85 separate hearings on charges of embezzlement and other financial crimes against Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu and nine fellow defendants.
Giuseppe Pignatone, a veteran Italian jurist who presides over the three-judge panel hearing the case, has said that he wants to deliver verdicts by Saturday, 16 December, though it could happen at any point after the prosecution, defence and attorneys representing civil parties to the case make their final presentations on 12 December.
