In 2021, Cardinal Becciu became the first cardinal ever to be tried by the Vatican’s criminal court. It found him guilty of fraud related to more than half a million euros, or $570,000, from ...

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 ...

The conclave to appoint a successor to the late Pope Francis had been mired in controversy over the status of disgraced ...

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

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope.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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, has formally withdrawn from participating in the conclave to elect a new pope.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

(RNS) — Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After being presented with documents ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File ) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals acknowledged Wednesday the definitive word is still out about the Vatican trial that convicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu of ...