Pope Francis' chief of staff testifies in trial, admits to false invoice and blames a deputy
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Pope Francis' chief of staff became one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court Thursday, telling a British tribunal about the negotiations at the heart of the Vatican's so-called "trial of the century," admitting he filed a false invoice and pointing a finger at his one-time deputy who escaped the scandal unscathed.