The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced he was withdrawing from participating in ...

Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a ...

A Catholic cardinal convicted of embezzlement and fraud has announced he won't take part in the conclave to choose a ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a figure previously embroiled in the Vatican's so-called "trial of the century," has voluntarily ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican who was demanding he should be able to participate in the upcoming ...

Becciu had to resign the rights of his position in 2020 over a fraud conviction, but says he is eligible to vote for the next ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu was once an influential Vatican chief of staff who was a leading papal contender himself. But he fell from grace in 2020 when Francis forced him to resign his job as head of ...

ROME, Italy — As the Vatican switches gears from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of a once-powerful Italian cardinal has been a constant question and source ...

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 ...

Their quandary concerns Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who in December 2023 was sentenced to 5-1/2 years in jail. He was the most senior Catholic Church official ever to stand trial before a Vatican ...