Conclave Update: Cardinals React as Convicted Becciu Exits Pope Election
Thursday, 1 May 2025 () Voice is AI-generated. Inconsistencies may occur. A significant shift in the landscape of the upcoming papal conclave occurred this week as Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once a powerful Vatican official, formally withdrew from the May 7 election to choose Pope Francis' successor. Becciu's…
Cardinal Angelo Becciu has officially withdrawn from the May 7 papal conclave under intense legal and ethical scrutiny. Once a top Vatican official, Becciu was convicted of embezzlement and now steps aside “for the good of the Church,” following Pope Francis’ private instructions barring his...
Controversial Cardinal Becciu won't join conclave to choose Pope Francis' successor
The cardinal, who was convicted of embezzlement in 2023 by a Vatican court of first instance, decided not to..
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Red-robed cardinals arrive for the fifth general congregation in the Vatican since the death of Pope Francis, in which they are expected to decide on the date of the conclave to elect the new Pope...
How will the new head of the Catholic Church be chosen? Pope Francis’s death has set off centuries-old traditions which will culminate in cardinals electing a new pontiff through a conclave. Here’s..
Thursday, 1 May 2025 ()
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