Disgraced Cardinal Becciu formally withdraws from participation in conclave to elect pope

Impelled as admissible for ultra consevators and Franciscans, the secretary of state appears splashes of the case of financial corruption that defended the Sardinian cardinal and it airs that Francis no longer saw him with good eyes The race towards the conclave begins with a defeat for the ultras: Cardinal Becciu takes a step to the side He is the best known candidate and, undoubtedly, the one who bets the most in the online auctions of the who…

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Conclave update: Who remains in pope election after Becciu withdraws?

Cardinal Becciu has left the conclave, which convenes on May 7, as front-runners emerge to succeed Pope Francis.

Disgraced Cardinal Becciu formally withdraws from participation in conclave to elect Pope

Becciu's withdrawal doesn't affect the Vatican's official statistics about the conclave because internally it never considered him eligible to vote. Becciu is under the age limit of 80 and technically eligible to vote, but the Vatican’s official statistics list him as a “non-elector`”

Cardinal withdraws from conclave

VATICAN CITY — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” withdrew Tuesday from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for “the good of the church,” ending days of drama that…

Convicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu pulls out of conclave to elect new pope. What to know about his embezzlement sentence.

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.