Cardinal Angelo Becciu’s unprecedented sacking by Pope Francis has crucial importance for several reasons. Becciu was a second-ranking official in the Vatican’s Secretariat of State – a position with power. He frustrated and blocked Cardinal Pell’s efforts to sweep the filthy financial stables of the Vatican clean. His sacking vindicates Pell’s efforts as Prefect for the Secretariat of the Economy to bring some transparency – and honesty – into Vatican finances. The prelude to Becciu’s inglorious removal was a string of dodgy, smelly (some stinking) financial dealings. One of those shifty splashing of Vatican cash was the transfer of $800,000 to an account in Australia just when Cardinal Pell was undergoing his ordeal in Victoria’s corrupted legal system. The voices talking about a framing originating in the Vatican are becoming louder. This page will keep up to date with the Becciu and Pell affair.
Is the Vatican a den of spies? (pillarcatholic.com)
The Remnant Newspaper – Further inconsistencies in the Pell-Becciu Affair, 29 April 2022
Disgraced cardinal Becciu sends hostile note to George Pell (theaustralian.com.au), 26 December 2021
Becciu says answering Pell questions ‘beneath the dignity of cardinals’ (pillarcatholic.com), 24 December 2021
(1331) Vatican trial rivalry, Pope champions Afghan people: Last Week in the Church with John Allen Jr. – YouTube, 31 August 2021
Angelo Becciu: Defiant cardinal vows to clear his name (theaustralian.com.au), 28 July 2021
Vatican cash probe exposes $2m gap, The Australian, 20 January 2021
George Pell’s Vatican money trail investigation hits home, The Australian, 3 January 2021
Please explain $2bn, bishops ask Pope Francis, The Australian, 30 December 2020
George Pell: Senior Vatican figures framed me on pedophilia charges, The Australian, 16 December 2020
George Pell trial interference claims dismissed by Victorian corruption watchdog IBAC, the ABC, 11 November 2020
Pope moves against secretariat of state amid finance scandal, Crux, 5 November 2020
Police will not investigate transfer of Vatican funds, CathNews, 28 October 2020
‘Godfather-like’ Vatican cash trail is now a very real drama in the case of George Pell, Australian, 24 October 2020
The Deep Church: From the Borgias to Becciu, Crisis, 23 October 2020
George Pell: Victorian corruption body chasing Vatican’s mysterious $2m cash transfers to Australia, Australian, 22 October 2020
Cops eye George Pell case cash transfer from the Vatican, Australian, 21 October 2020
Pell meets Pope Francis in Rome, Australian, 12 October 2020
Pope Francis Receives Cardinal George Pell in Private Audience, National Catholic Register, 12 October 2020
Cardinal funnelled funds to glamour girl, Church Militant, 12 October 2020
ABC gatekeepers ignore story that doesn’t quite fit their narrative on Pell, Chris Mitchell, The Australian, 11 October 2020
Hell to pay in the clash of the cardinals George Pell and Giovanni Becciu, Australian, 10 October 2020
Is Pope Francis’s Vatican turning into Richard Nixon’s White House? Damian Thompson, Spectator podcast, 8 October 2020
Exposing the truth in the persecution of Cardinal Pell, Professor Quinlan, Catholic Weekly, 8 October 2020
Cardinal Pell’s lawyer urges probe into bribe claims, CathNews, 6 October 2020
Pope Francis Meets With Australian Nuncio, Amid 700k-Euro Bank Transfer Allegation, Edward Pentin, National Catholic Register, 6 October 2020
Breaking: Nuncio linked to Get Pell cash is old mate of Becciu, Catallaxy Files, 6 October 2020
Sacked cardinal denies George Pell trial bribe amid Vatican corruption claims, The Australian, 5 October 2020
Sacked cardinal ‘used Vatican funds to bribe witnesses in Pell trial’, The Australian, 5 October 2020
Vatican’s mystery cash transfer, The Australian, 5 October 2020
The Pell Haters Are All at See, Paul Collits, The Freedom Project, 4 October 2020 – See especially the second half of this article
Vatican cardinal spent $800,000 to discredit Cardinal Pell during sex abuse trial: report, Martin Burger, LifeSiteNews, 3 October 2020
BECCIU SENT 700K EUROS TO AUSTRALIAN ACCOUNT. TO FRAME PELL? Br Alexis Bugnolo, From Rome, 3 October 2020
Abp. Viganò on Cardinal Becciu and Vatican Corruption: Francis’ Vatican Compared to South American Junta, Catholic Family News, 2 October 2020
Becciu accused of sending Vatican funds to Australia during Pell trial, Catholic News Agency, 2 October 2020
Cardinal George Pell returns to Rome for first time since 2017, purpose of visit remains unclear, ABC, 1 October 2020
POPE FRANCIS lost $20 MILLION Euros in a banking scheme, Dr Taylor Marshall, youtube, 1 October 2020
Why Cardinal Pell Is Vindicated by Cardinal Becciu’s Firing, Fr Raymond de Souza, National Catholic Register, 29 September 2020
Pope Francis Fires Cardinal Becciu & Cardinal Pell Strikes Back: 5 FACTS, Dr Taylor Marshall, youtube, 29 September 2020
Nemesis gone, George Pell flies back to Vatican, The Australian, 29 September 2020
Cardinal Becciu’s forced resignation is ‘completely unprecedented’, Andrew Bolt, SkyNews, 28 September 2020
Cardinal Becciu, Top Vatican Hatchet Man, Has Unexpectedly Resigned, Steve Kojec, OnePeterFive, 24 September 2020
Pope Francis acts on George Pell’s Vatican financial reforms, The Australian, 5 June 2020