The status of an Italian cardinal is being debated as preparations get under way for the May 7 conclave to elect a successor ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the ...

The Vatican on Monday set the date for the Papal conclave amid some drama over whether a convicted cardinal will be able to ...

The Vatican said that Francis had stripped a convicted cardinal, Angelo Becciu, of his right to vote for the next pope.

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Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative ...

Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, the most senior Catholic Church official to have been convicted, announced on Tuesday that he ...

Roman Catholic cardinals will begin their secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church on May 7, the Vatican ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican said he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new ...

An Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave ...

Becciu was sentenced to nearly five years in prison after a Vatican criminal court found him guilty of fraud and embezzlement ...