Pope Francis holds the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on Apr 1, 2021. VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis celebrated Mass on Thursday with Cardinal Angelo Becciu, according to the cardinal who was fired by the pontiff last September on accusations of embezzlement and nepotism.
The Vatican had no official comment but the official Vatican News website ran a brief article about it. Pope Francis had delegated the official Holy Thursday evening Mass in St Peter's Basilica to another prelate, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. The Vatican had not given a reason why Pope Francis would not say the Mass himself.News of the meeting with Pope Francis was as surprising as when the pope fired Becciu suddenly last September.
The pope fired him as head of the Vatican department that decides who will become Roman Catholic saints and also stripped him of his rights as cardinal, including participation in an eventual conclave to elect a new pope.
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