Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 76, once a leading papal contender and a longtime Vatican diplomat, is not participating in the conclave to elect a new pope to succeed Francis, who died on April 21 at the ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during a press conference in Rome, Sept. 25, 2020. (AP/Gregorio Borgia, file) ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, 76, was asked by Francis to step down from his position and resign all “rights and privileges” of being a cardinal at the Vatican in 2020 after he was accused ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, 76, announced Tuesday, "Having at heart the good of the church, which I have served and will continue to serve with fidelity and love, as well as to contribute to the ...

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 ...

Becciu, 76, is the once-powerful Italian cardinal who formally withdrew his participation in the conclave on Tuesday, after days of uncertainty about his status.

After his 2020 downfall, Becciu had said he would not participate in any future conclave. But in recent days he had asserted he had a right to enter the Sistine Chapel with other cardinals on May ...

Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu on Tuesday, April 29, renounced his right to participate in the upcoming papal conclave, in line with the wishes of the late Pope Francis. The Sardinian ...

Becciu was once an influential Vatican chief of staff who was a leading papal contender himself. But he fell from grace in 2020 when Francis forced him to resign his job as head of the Vatican’s ...