The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for “the good of the ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican's "trial of the century," Angelo Becciu, announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu and others are accused of corruption, money laundering and extortion related to a luxury investment by ...

Becciu had said he would be participating in the conclave, but now stepped down “for the good of the Church” Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial ...

In 2021, Cardinal Becciu became the first cardinal ever to be tried by the Vatican’s criminal court. It found him guilty of fraud related to more than half a million euros, or $570,000, from ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican, was ordered by Pope Francis in 2020 to resign the “rights and privileges” of a cardinal after he became ...

Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative Vatican old guard. While he initially became a close adviser to Pope Francis, ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who was ordered to resign from one of the most powerful positions in the Vatican by Pope Francis in 2020 due to the financial scandal, claimed that he was still ...

Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair under their red skull caps as they try to decide whether a cardinal convicted ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu’ s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope Francis’ death amid questions about whether he would participate in the conclave to elect Francis’ successor.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope. The Vatican's criminal court convicted ...