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Vatican cardinal pushes back after pope fires him in scandal

by Associated Press
| September 25, 2020 8:03 AM

ROME (AP) — A powerful Vatican cardinal who was sacked by Pope Francis in an astonishing twist to the Vatican's latest financial scandal pushed back Friday against allegations he embezzled Holy See money and denied he did anything wrong.

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