In the middle of the scandal, Cardinal Becciu drills from Popest Conclave

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful voices in the Vatican, has withdrawn from the most mysterious choice of the Vatican after a recent criminal conviction. Becciu made his decision on Tuesday, after submitting two letters from Pope Francis before his death, that Becciu should not participate, although Becciu 76 and below the age limit of 80 are technically justified according to the AP. “According to the well -being of the church that I served and continues to serve with loyalty and love and contribute to the community and serenity of the conclave, I decided to obey, since I always did the will of Pope Francis, not to enter the conclusion while I amstained from my innocence,” he said in an explanation, via Vatican News.

The official statistics of the Vatican confirm that Becciu is no longer a voter for the procedure from May 7th. By the New York TimesBecciu seemed to be recognized in 2020 after Pope Francis “had thrown his rights associated with the cardinal” that he was not entitled to choose a new Pope in the future. However, Becciu did 180 last week and said that Francis has recognized “my cardinal privileges as an intact” in private sessions since then and that there was no evidence of any kind of revocation of his voting rights. That was the time when “the Vatican apparently delivered to evidence”, according to the JustApparently about the two letters from Francis.

In 2023, Becciu was convicted by the Vatican's Criminal Court according to the so -called “legal proceedings” for embezzlement and other financial crimes. The charges were associated with the almost 400 million US dollars in a luxury real estate invested in London. The Vatican's public prosecutors stated that brokers and monsignors have taken over tens of million in fees and commissions, with 16.5 million US dollars being paid in a suspected extortion to regain control. The public prosecutor also accused Becciu, in Sardinia, which was managed by his brother, in Vatican in a Vatican cash of 140,000 US dollars, and the payment of a Sardinian woman about 655,000 US dollars for Intel services, whereby the public prosecutor was guided through the woman's Slovenian company and was spent on luxury authorities. Becciu and seven others reject their convictions. More here on his defense. (This content was created with the help of AI. Read our AI directive.)