Senior Most Vatican Official Resigns After Months Of Controversies

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Holy See announced that high ranking Vatican official Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu has resigned unexpectedly from office.

He was involved in a controversial deal to buy a luxury London building using funds from the church as an investment. The deal has since been the subject of financial investigations.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo has since denied any wrongdoing.

“The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the rights connected to the Cardinalate, presented by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu,” a statement from the Holy See said.

It gave no additional details.

For the last six years, Cardinal Becciu has assumed the role of Substitute for General Affairs in the Secretariate of State, where he daily meets the Pope and was one of the Pope’s close aides.

It was at that time in office when the Cardinal was linked to the property deal. The purchase of the luxury building in London’s Sloane Avenue was purchased using offshore funds and companies.

 

Following a raid conducted at the offices of the Secretaria last year, five members of staff were suspended. During the raid, Vatican police officers seized documents and computers.

 

“An investment was made on a building. It was a good and opportune occasion, which many people envy us for today,” Cardinal Becciu defended the purchase in February.

 

Becciu who was named a cardinal in 2018 will keep the title despite his resignation from the congregation. But he will not be able to vote for the next Pope.

 

The Cardinal who gave up his right to vote for a new Pope was Cardinal Keith O’Brien who resigned in 2013 and a sex scandal.

Related: Ex-Pope Benedict XVI Seriously Sick, Reports

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