Tag: Cardinal Angelo Becciu

• Tuesday, April 29th 2025 - 20:31 UTC

  Cardinal Becciu agrees to step down from papal-choosing conclave

  

  Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial scandal involving a luxury London property, agreed Tuesday to Pope Francis' decision to exclude him from the upcoming conclave starting May 7, 2025, despite initially asserting his right to participate. Becciu, sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud and financial irregularities, retains his cardinal title and participates in pre-conclave meetings but will not vote in the election of the next pope.

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• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 18:49 UTC

  Convicted cardinal intends to join conclave to choose Francis' successor

  

  Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, convicted of financial corruption and stripped of his privileges by Pope Francis, insists on participating in the upcoming conclave to elect the next pope, despite being officially listed as a non-elector.

• Sunday, December 17th 2023 - 16:26 UTC

  Vatican corruption: Pope's ex chief of staff, Cardinal Becciu sentenced to jail for embezzlement

  

  Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the pope's former chief of staff was found guilty of several counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to more than five years in jail. He is the highest-ranking Vatican official to face a trial in the Vatican's criminal court.