{"page":{"id":"5aae2a2f-534e-4c07-ad8d-18a52ce66f89","url":"https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/vatican-fraud-trial-hears-secret-recording-of-pope-francis-42172458.html","domain":"independent.ie","sha256":"d96cff6f889c754aee3f7d72c1438f98b67d24f5e980a5dcc704699d2d12cd45","title":"Vatican fraud trial hears secret recording of Pope Francis","description":"The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case heard from an unusual witness yesterday, when a secret recording of Pope Francis was played to the court about the Holy See’s payments to free a nun held hostage by al-Qa’ida-linked militants.","author":null,"publisher":null,"image":"https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/d5f26/42172457.ece/AUTOCROP/w1240h700/VATICAN%20Po%205","snippet":" Vatican fraud trial hears secret recording of Pope Francis - Independent.ie We and our partners use technologies, such as cookies, and process personal data, such as IP addresses and cookie identifiers, to personalise ads and content based on your interests, measure the performance of ads and content, and derive insights about the audiences who saw ads and content. Click below to consent to the use of this technology and the processing of your personal data for these purposes. You can change yo","language":null,"scrapedAt":"2026-05-18T00:39:39.062Z","indexedAt":"2026-05-18T00:39:39.181Z","publishedAt":null,"upvotes":0,"downvotes":0,"storageKey":"pages/d9/d96cff6f889c754aee3f7d72c1438f98b67d24f5e980a5dcc704699d2d12cd45/","textSizeBytes":8666,"htmlSizeBytes":397278,"hasScreenshot":true,"topicId":null}}