Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican, was ordered by Pope Francis in 2020 to resign the “rights and privileges” of a cardinal after he became ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu in Rome in 2020. He faces a criminal trial over a London real-estate deal. Credit... Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters. By Elisabetta Povoledo. March 17, 2022.

Giovanni Angelo Becciu, former prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, pictured June 27, 2019. | Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. CNA Staff, Sep 24, 2020 / 11:32 am. Cardinal ...

In a cryptic statement, the Vatican did not explain the reason for Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu’s departure. News reports had connected him to a financial scandal. By Jason Horowitz ROME ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican, was ordered by Pope Francis in 2020 to resign the “rights and privileges” of a cardinal after he became ...

A senior Catholic cardinal was sentenced to more than five years in prison Saturday following a lengthy trial at the Vatican over financial impropriety and the mismanagement of funds.

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, convicted of financial crimes, will not participate in the upcoming conclave to elect the new pope. Becciu, once a powerful figure in the Vatican, was ordered by ...

News; Nation/World; Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid scandal Sept. 24, 2020 Updated Thu., Sept. 24, 2020 at 11:59 a.m. FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, Mons. Giovanni Angelo ...

The Vatican is opening criminal proceedings on July 27 against Giovanni Angelo Becciu, a once-powerful cardinal demoted by Pope Francis last fall, and nine other defendants.They are charged with ...

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who became the first cardinal to ever be prosecuted by the Vatican’s criminal court in December 2023, has appealed the conviction, denying wrongdoing.

The convicted cardinal, who was demanding to participate in the upcoming conclave to decide who will replace Pope Francis, now says he won't take part in it.