Julio Algañaraz
08/09/2021 11:33 AM
Clarín.com
World
Updated 08/09/2021 11:33 AM
It caused a certain stir a letter with a French postage stamp addressed simply to
"The Pope, Città del Vaticano, piazza S. Pietro in Roma"
that arrived at dawn this Monday at the Italian mail distribution center in Pescheria Borromeo, in the Milan area.
It contained
three pistol rounds.
Every so often the Argentine pontiff receives this type of threats, which although they
are not considered a serious danger,
they are always controlled.
The
"lettera"
with the projectiles was immediately kidnapped by the Police Force, called by those responsible for the post office.
Who sent the letter?
During the same morning on Monday, it was reported that the one who sent the letter had been identified.
Faithful in St. Peter's Square, during the Angelus.
Photo: EFE
A brief information indicates that "he is
a man already known to the Vatican gendarmes
with whom the Milan police will coordinate to evaluate the gesture and the possible danger."
The lightning speed of the identification allows us to deduce that the Vatican Gendarmerie, in charge of ensuring Francesco's safety,
has long cataloged the calligraphy
and the modalities of the person who wrote the letter.
Clearly, this is someone known to
have sent such letters to the Vatican in the past
.
What most interests the police is knowing where the character is.
"It is not the same to know that it is in France and not in St. Peter's Square in Rome," the researchers commented.
Although it may be the
usual psychiatric maniac
, the police and the Vatican gendarmerie do not believe that the matter should be taken lightly.
The stamp of the letter
is French
and inside the envelope there is a copy of a payment of ten euros but it is not known why or under what circumstances it was made.
Criminal trial
The Corriere della Sera newspaper provides a piece of information: the letter also had a message related to the trial initiated in the Vatican on July 27 against ten people, including a cardinal, for alleged irregularities in the purchase of properties of the Holy See.
The trial against 10 defendants in the Vatican.
Photo: Reuters
The criminal trial is the most scandalous in the history of the Vatican in which the main accused
is Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu
, accused with nine officials, financial speculators and lawyers of having committed crimes of embezzlement, abuse of functions, fraud, extortion and money laundering.
A story that is written from the decision of Becciu, who was Pope Francis' "Minister of the Interior", to invest
200 million euros
in 2014 in the purchase of a luxury building in London that had been a warehouse for stores Harrods.
The operation proved
a nightmare
for the interests that were unleashed to explode the worst corruption scandal in the Vatican in the last 30 years.
The main defendant in the trial is Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu.
Photo: AFP
The first hearing lasted
more than seven hours
in a makeshift court in a room of the Vatican Museums, due to the lack of space in the courthouse.
After a first instance, the trial will now continue in October.
Vatican, correspondent
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