Vatican City, Sep 25(UNI) In a rare development a high-ranking Vatican official Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu unexpectedly resigned on Thursday, the Holy See announced on Friday.
Cardinal Becciu, 72 had previously worked as the second-most senior official in the Vatican's Secretariat of State or in Vatican terms a career diplomat.
Cardinal Becciu was involved in a controversial deal to buy a luxury London building using church funds as an investment, which has since been the subject of a financial investigation.