Another letter caused something of a stir last week. It came from a high-ranking official in the Secretariat of State and was presented to the court in Argentina overseeing the current phase of the trial, on criminal sexual misconduct charges, of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, who has reportedly been allowed once again to travel to Rome.
Crux reported last week that the judge overseeing the preliminary phase of the proceedings described the letter as coming from the Vatican, and claiming that Bishop Zanchetta is needed in Rome “to continue with his daily work”. Just exactly what work that might be remains a mystery since Pope Francis suspended the bishop from the job he had created for him in the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA), which oversees the Holy See’s real estate and major financial holdings.
