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3 key things to know about Giovanni Angelo Becciu — the convicted cardinal demanding to be part of the conclave to choose the next pope
The convicted cardinal resigned from the right to participate in conclaves in 2020 because of financial crimes. Now he's ...
Pope Francis Hasn’t Even Been Laid to Rest and There’s Already Conclave Drama
A cardinal convicted of financial crimes wants to get to vote for the next pope, while another has warned his colleagues not ...
Successor talk swirls as 61,000 pay homage to Pope Francis
Cardinals could pick a progressive pope ready to build off the changes Francis brought to the church or a conservative who ...
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Corrupt cardinal demands to be in conclave choosing new pope
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu was a powerful figure at the Vatican before he was convicted of financial crimes there and ...
Disgraced US cardinal shamed in Catholic child abuse scandal awarded honour of closing Pope Francis’s coffin
AN AMERICAN cardinal who was disgraced for his role in covering up shocking child abuse will preside over the closing of Pope ...
Convicted cardinal wants to vote for pope; his brother prelates must decide
Cardinals in meetings ahead of the start of a secret conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis are scratching the hair ...
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Defiant cardinal Becciu challenges Vatican conclave rules
Cardinal Angelo Becciu, despite having been stripped of the rights associated with the rank of cardinal and sentenced by the ...
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Death of Francis: The pope who wanted to reform the Catholic Church
Among those implicated was Cardinal Angelo Becciu, a former sostituto or chief of staff, sentenced by the Vatican court to five and a half years in prison in a historic verdict. This financial ...