A disgraced Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” has said he will withdraw from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for “the good of the church.”
The status of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was once an influential Vatican chief of staff and a leading papal contender himself, has been a constant question and source of gossip as preparations get underway to elect a successor to Pope Francis on May 7.
