A pivotal shift has occurred in the lead-up to the papal conclave in May as Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once seen as a potential contender to succeed Pope Francis, has officially withdrawn from ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official and leading papal contender, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope.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

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 ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican cardinal sacked by Pope Francis amid a corruption investigation is suing an Italian news magazine, claiming that his ruined reputation has eliminated his chances of becoming ...

Pope Leo XIV said he will not interfere in the court case of Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the former deputy Vatican secretary of state convicted of embezzlement, aggravated fraud, and abuse of office. In ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican is claiming he can take part in the forthcoming conclave despite being listed as a “non-elector.” Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of ...

ROME – For the outside world, it’s perhaps Pope Leo’s pleas for cease-fires in Gaza and Ukraine that have attracted the most attention since his election just over three weeks ago. For Catholic ...

In this June 28, 2018 file photo, Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu leaves after kneeling before Pope Francis to pledge allegiance and become a cardinal at St. Peter's basilica in Vatican City.

Newly-minted Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu will resign from his post as substitute of the Secretariat of State tomorrow, in anticipation of his appointment as prefect of the Congregation for the ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu attends the consistory inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, on Aug. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Holy See’s ...