Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud in 2023, said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official and leading papal contender, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope. The Vatican's criminal court ...

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VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope.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 ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the first cardinal ever prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court, was convicted in a complicated financial trial that aired the Vatican's dirty laundry.

The trial of Cardinal Angelo Becciu ended Dec. 16 with the prelate being convicted of embezzlement and sentenced by the Vatican court to more than five years in prison.. The sentence states that ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 75, was the first cardinal in history prosecuted by the Vatican criminal court. The powerful cardinal was absolved of several other charges, ...

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope. Cardinal Becciu maintains his innocence but said he would sit this one out.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu walks next to Pope Francis' coffin after paying his respects during a ceremony inside St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on April 23, 2025.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, pictured June 27, 2019. (photo: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA / EWTN) Edward Pentin Vatican November 4, 2024.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, head of the Vatican's saint-making office, announced his resignation on Thursday amid a burgeoning financial scandal that has roiled the Vatican for over a year.