Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the powerful head of the Vatican's saint-making office, suddenly resigns amid embezzlement investigations around the purchase of a luxury building in London.
A powerful Vatican cardinal has suddenly resigned amid a financial scandal that has reportedly implicated him indirectly.A statement from the Vatican did not provide details of why Cardinal Becciu stepped down
A one-line statement, issued unusually in the evening, said Pope Francis had accepted the resignation of Cardinal Becciu, head of the department that decides who will be the saints of the Roman Catholic Church. During his tenure in that office the Vatican became embroiled in a controversial deal in which the Secretariat of State used church money to purchase a luxury building in London as an investment.
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