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After being convicted on several counts of embezzlement of Vatican funds, Cardinal Angelo Becciu gave a New Year’s Eve homily recommending the congregation draw up “a balance sheet” of one’s personal life before God, according to an Italian media outlet.
Cardinal Becciu, who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison by the Vatican’s criminal court on Dec. 16, celebrated Christmas in his hometown on the Italian island of Sardinia and presided over a Mass in the Cathedral of the Blessed Immaculate Virgin of Ozieri on Dec. 31.
“Recalling the past means drawing up a balance sheet of our personal lives before God, without closing our eyes to the issues that grip the society in which we live both locally and universally,” Cardinal Becciu said in his homily, according to the Italian Catholic blog Korazym.org.
“It also means having a calm and practical look at that reality, that mystery, which we hold most dear: the Church of God,” he said.
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Cardinal Becciu, who was sentenced to five and a half years in prison by the Vatican’s criminal court on Dec. 16, celebrated Christmas in his hometown on the Italian island of Sardinia and presided over a Mass in the Cathedral of the Blessed Immaculate Virgin of Ozieri on Dec. 31.
“Recalling the past means drawing up a balance sheet of our personal lives before God, without closing our eyes to the issues that grip the society in which we live both locally and universally,” Cardinal Becciu said in his homily, according to the Italian Catholic blog Korazym.org.
“It also means having a calm and practical look at that reality, that mystery, which we hold most dear: the Church of God,” he said.
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Cardinal Becciu Speaks of ‘Drawing Up a Balance Sheet’ of One’s Life Before God in Homily
Cardinal Becciu has denied all wrongdoing and his lawyers have announced that the cardinal will appeal the ruling in the Vatican’s yearslong finance trial.
