“Lies have nothing to do with the life of a Christian.” Pope Francis repeats it twice, first at Mass with the Gendarmerie, then at the Angelus. No mention of the Becciu case, which for some days has been shaking the sacred palaces, yet that warning seems to recall the sensational dismissal of the cardinal of Pattada.
Precisely the lack of transparency and truth could have been the point of no return for the Pontiff: “Jesus was always with sinners, with evildoers as well, but they felt close to him and did not feel judged. Sometimes someone can slip away. a little, in life who does not slip? But Jesus never told a lie, a lie “.
References aside, the Vatican maintains the line of silence, even if prelates close to the Holy Father do not hide the annoyance for that press conference that Becciu called less than 24 hours after his “resignation”, something with a “not very ecclesial” style. .
THE INQUIRY – Instead, the work of the investigators continues. The “Domani”, De Benedetti’s new newspaper, talks about a 1.5 million loan to his brother Mario for his Angel’s brewery from an Angolan oilman, Antonio Mosquito.
A name that had emerged in previous investigations when there was talk of a will by the Vatican, then not successful, to invest in oil in Angola, a country where Becciu had been Nuncio.
“A gift agreement was signed with Mosquito. The beer project will help people with the autism spectrum,” says Mario Becciu to the same Domani. The agreement is from 2019 and 800 thousand euros would have already been paid into the company’s accounts. The contract itself does not seem to constitute a crime on its own but the connection with the old “deal”, attempted by the Holy See and then shelved, could be one of the elements that led the Pope to put Becciu at the door.
There are also traces of transfers from the Secretariat of State for the diocese of Ozieri (another 25 thousand euros) and agreements not fully clarified between the companies of Becciu’s brother and Caritas.
(Unioneonline / L)
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