Until now, Cardinal Angelo Becciu , during the trial in the Vatican relating to the investments of the Secretariat of State, had not wanted to talk about the former Sardinian manager Cecilia Marogna , hiding behind the " papal secret ".
Pope Francis actually dispensed him from respecting that obligation but Becciu explained that he had brought him into question "not for the protection of my person but, given the delicacy of the material, only and exclusively for that of the Holy Father and the Apostolic See ".
Regarding the embezzlement in competition to which he must answer, the former substitute for General Affairs originally from Pattada recalled how he was accused of having facilitated Marogna "to appropriate sums of money that she would then have destined for discretionary purchases". An accusation that, categorically rejected, was also labeled as "completely unfounded". According to the reconstruction, Marogna "proposed a professional collaboration with the Secretariat of State" in matters of intelligence and geopolitics. In subsequent meetings, "the fiduciary credit towards him and the appreciation of his skills" increased, also thanks to "a series of meetings at a high institutional level promoted by Mrs. Marogna".
Becciu then focused on the kidnapping of his Gloria Cecilia Novaes Goti , which took place in Mali on 7 February 2017. The nun, a Franciscan of Mary Immaculate, was of Colombian nationality. The cardinal had found himself "faced with a dilemma": to work to try to save a human life "with all the associated risks, such as exposing the Vatican, if the news had not remained confidential, to a negative judgment on the part of international organizations, as well as that of endangering the life and safety of other missionaries, or the solution of letting others take care of them ".
