Pope Francis had promoted this guy repeatedly then when a scandal broke out with him the Pontiff approved his indictment. As Francis, like all Popes, is an autocrat and not an elected President his word usually goes. But the court ruled the Vatican prosecution withheld evidence and basically cheated in the trial.
Why? Despite being one of Frankies cronies Cardinal Angelo Becciu knew a lot of damaging stuff, and he clearly knew about child abuse in the Vatican. So the prudent thing was to destroy the man.
Well, Pope Francis lost this one despite his people trying to cheat.
Pope Francis was a bully and a radical despite his fake demeanor. More and more bad stuff is coming out about him and hopefully his legacy will be as a corrupt and spiteful Pope, which is exactly what he was.
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Hear, Hear! (I'd say it in Latin but I don't have enough of that language, having made the mistake of taking French instead, in high school. OTOH, it does give me some power to flirt with a woman at church...)
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at March 17, 2026 10:08 PM (X5D0l)
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In Russian it would be "Schlusetie, Schlusetie!" In Pig Latin Earhay Earhay! And that's all I know.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at March 18, 2026 09:06 AM (oflqW)