Becciu was once an influential Vatican chief of staff who was a leading papal contender himself. But he fell from grace in 2020 due to financial misconduct allegations ...

Once a candidate with a two-thirds majority is elected, the Dean, currently Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, will ask him if he ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who was at the center of the Vatican's "trial of the century" and convicted of financial crimes, officially announced his withdrawal from the upcoming conclave to elect the ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican who was demanding he should be able to participate in the upcoming ...

Once-powerful Vatican official Cardinal Angelo Becciu has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a ...

The head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has died. We take a look at his legacy and how the church will choose the next ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — A conclave is the centuries-old election of a pope that derives its name from the Italian “con clave” ...