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    'You Cannot Serve Both God And Money': Vatican's Financial Scandal Takes New Twist

    Italian police arrested a woman linked to a cardinal fired by Pope Francis, the latest development in an investigation into alleged financial crimes involving the Vatican.
    by Sylvia Poggioli Oct 14, 2020 4 minutes
    Italian police are stationed in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, on Tuesday.

    A financial scandal swirling around the Vatican has taken a new twist with the arrest of a woman linked to a cardinal fired by Pope Francis.

    Italian police arrested Cecilia Marogna in Milan late Tuesday on a warrant from the Vatican City State. A Vatican official told Reuters that Holy See magistrates suspect her of embezzlement and misappropriation of funds, in complicity with others.

    Before her arrest, Marogna told Italian media she had received half a million euros to run behind-the-scenes diplomacy to assist missionaries in conflict zones in Africa and Asia.

    Marogna, 39, is an associate of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu. Last

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