«Es seguramente inocente»: el exdirector de L’Osservatore Romano vincula el caso Becciu con el intento de Francisco de reducir el peso de la Secretaría de Estado

In brief

Giovanni Maria Vian, the former director of L’Osservatore Romano from 2007 to 2018, defended Cardinal Angelo Becciu and criticized Pope Francis's administration. Vian stated that the cardinal is certainly innocent and linked the legal case against Becciu to the Pope's efforts to reduce the influence of the Secretariat of State.

The Italian historian and philologist characterized the current governance of Pope Francis as a state of mismanagement. Vian offered these criticisms as part of a broader assessment of the pontificate of Jorge Mario Bergoglio.