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The disgraced cardinal who has withdrawn from the Conclave

Veteran Vatican official Angelo Becciu will not be in the running to be the new Pope

The Independent UK · May 6, 2025

Who is Angelo Becciu? Disgraced cardinal withdraws from papal conclave

Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2025

Vatican Cardinal Convicted Of Fraud In London Property Scandal

Vatican tribunal convicts Cardinal Becciu of fraud and embezzlement in financial scandal, facing prison sentence. Complex financial transactions and appeal...

Top News · Oct 31, 2024

Cardinal Becciu sentenced to 5 years in jail after embezzlement conviction in high profile Vatican City case

Cardinal found guilty after long running proceedings

Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2023

A cardinal is convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to 5 1/2 years in Vatican trial

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.

WEKU · Dec 16, 2023

Cardinal and nine others to learn their fate in trial that aired Vatican state’s dirty laundry

A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fates when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial trial that has aired the tiny city state's dirty laundry

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2023

The Vatican's 'trial of the century,' a Pandora's box of unintended revelations, explained

Verdicts are expected for a cardinal and nine defendants in the most complicated financial trial in the Vatican’s modern history

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2023

2nd Vatican official says pope OK'd ransom payments for nun

A second high-ranking Vatican official has said Pope Francis authorized spending hundreds of thousands of euros in ransom payments to try to free a nun who was kidnapped by al-Qaida-linked militants in Mali

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023

Vatican court hears cardinal's secretly taped phone call with pope

A court at a Vatican corruption trial on Thursday heard a secretly recorded telephone call between the main defendant, embattled Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and Pope Francis.

Reuters · Nov 24, 2022

Vatican court hears secret recording of pope on hostage fees

The Vatican tribunal weighing a financial fraud case has heard from an unusual witness

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2022