Pope Francis and Cardinal Becciu, undated file photo ©Vatican Media
John Allen is right. In his Easter column at Crux, he says the Vatican can’t blame the media for “spin cycles” around Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, to whom Pope Francis paid a surprise visit on Holy Thursday, setting off a flurry of speculation in the press that turned into a blizzard when official Vatican communications sources refused to confirm the news.
In case you’re having trouble placing Becciu: His Eminence resigned from his position as Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints last year – after more than a year under increasingly intense public scrutiny – and Pope Francis stripped him of his rights as a cardinal, apparently over founded suspicion of financial impropriety.
