Convicted cardinal demands to be part of conclave to choose new pope, setting up Vatican standoff

Disgraced Cardinal Becciu will not participate conclave to elect pope

After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted he had a right to enter the Sistine Chapel with other cardinals on May 7.

As the Vatican moves from saying goodbye to Pope Francis to electing his successor, the status of an Italian cardinal has once been a constant question and source of rumors as the conclave of May 7 is being prepared. Cardinal Angelo Becciu became an influential chief of staff of the Vatican and even a prominent papal candidate. But he fell into disgrace in 2020, when Francis forced him to resign his position as head of the canonization office of…

Cardinal Becciu, convicted of embezzlement, will not participate in conclave

The Vatican confirmed this afternoon that Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was stripped of his cardinal privileges and convicted for embezzlement, will not vote in the papal conclave, despite his efforts to appeal the conviction.

“Cardinal Becciu is a very reputable person. But when you journalists are interviewed after a crime, your neighbors say 'he was a good person'. And it's not certain that a good person can't do harm. I'm not saying that Becciu did anything wrong, but it needs to be verified.” This is how Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education and former president of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy S…

Convicted cardinal insists he's entitled to vote at conclave to pick next pope

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.

Cardinal Demands Vote for New Pope Despite 5 Year Prison Sentence After Unheard of Vatican Trial - News Addicts

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who was convicted in an unprecedented Vatican court process and forced to resign his position, insisted he can still vote in the upcoming papal conclave. Becciu told Italian media on Tuesday that he would be participating in the conclave, and that his cardinal privileges remained intact, according to the National Catholic […] The post Cardinal Demands Vote for New Pope Despite 5 Year Prison Sentence After Unheard…