Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official and leading papal contender, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope. The Vatican's criminal court ...

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican's "trial of the century," Angelo Becciu, announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu and others are accused of corruption, money laundering and extortion related to a luxury investment by ...

Becciu had said he would be participating in the conclave, but now stepped down “for the good of the Church” Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, convicted of embezzlement in a Vatican financial ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu’ s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope Francis’ death amid questions about whether he would participate in the conclave to elect Francis’ successor.

Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair under their red skull caps as they try to decide whether a cardinal convicted ...

Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative Vatican old guard. While he initially became a close adviser to Pope Francis, ...

Pope Leo XIV inherits a Church that remains in urgent need of good governance. Which may very well be why he was chosen.

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope. The Vatican's criminal court convicted ...