In response to a journalist who asked the pontiff about the “[Cardinal Angelo] Becciu trial” on a recent evening outside Castel Gandolfo, the pope said “the trial must go forward” and that “he has no intention of interfering” in the legal proceedings underway. The pope’s comments were made about one week after the commencement of Becciu’s hearing before the Vatican Court of Appeal on Sept. 22, nearly two years after his conviction by the Vatican City State criminal court for illicit use of Holy See funds.