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1. A court in the Holy See sentences Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu to five and a half years in prison for several counts of embezzlement.
   2023-12-17 02:24:51 (First version)
2. A court in the Holy See sentences Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu to five and a half years in prison for embezzlement.
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