Cardinal Becciu defends himself: "Am I accused of embezzlement? Surreal. I gave the money to Caritas"

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September 25, 2020 "I renew my trust in the Holy Father. By becoming a cardinal I promised to give my life for the Church and for the Pope. Today I renew my trust".

Cardinal Angelo Becciu said so.

speaking to reporters.

Cardinal Becciu, whose resignation from the post of prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints and the rights linked to the cardinalate last night, the Pope accepted, has called a press conference in Rome at the Maria effect school.  

"It is a bit strange, at other times I had found myself talking about other things, not about me, I feel a bit dazed. Yesterday until 6.02 I felt a friend of the Pope, faithful executor of the Pope. Pope

he says that he no longer has faith in me because he has been informed by the magistrates that I would have committed acts of embezzlement ", the cardinal said." I have not enriched my family, I am ready to sue ", he adds. 

"It seems strange to me to be accused of this.

Those 100 thousand euros, it is true, I destined them to Caritas.

It is in the discretion of the Substitute to allocate the sums that are in a particular fund destined

to Caritas, to support various works.

In 7-8 years I had never done a support work for Sardinia.

I know that in my diocese there is an emergency especially for unemployment, I wanted to allocate those 100 thousand euros to Caritas "," that money is still there, I don't know why I am accused of embezzlement. "

Cardinal Angelo Becciu said this, explaining that the money has not passed from Caritas to the cooperative managed by his brother who collaborates with Caritas in Ozieri. 

Meanwhile, we learn that the cardinal will not preside, as expected, the rite of beatification of mother Maria Luigia Velotti scheduled for tomorrow at 11 in the cathedral of Naples. The Secretariat of State communicated it to Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, archbishop of the Campania capital, who will preside over the concelebration in place of Becciu. Eight other bishops of Campania will take part in the rite.

"I gave the money to my brother only because I bought from his company fixtures for the nunciatures in Egypt and Cuba, I don't see crimes. "Thus Cardinal Angelo Becciu, in the newspaper

Tomorrow, after the Pope's decision to have him dismissed as prefect of the Congregation of Saints while depriving him of the rights connected with the cardinalate.

"I am shocked," the Sardinian cardinal said to the Messenger.

"Utterly. A shot for myself, my family, the people of my country. For the spirit of obedience and love that I bring to the Church and to the Pope I accepted his request to step aside. But I am innocent and I will prove it.

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