The 74-year-old cardinal from the Italian island region of Sardinia was once one of the most powerful men in the Vatican before he was investigated for financial wrongdoing and charged with crimes ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu was questioned about investments during a hearing in the Vatican’s ongoing finance trial on Thursday, while his former deputy, Msgr. Alberto Perlasca, is seeking damages as a ...

Pope Francis' private visit to Cardinal Angelo Becciu on Holy Thursday set off speculation about whether the pope is attempting to rehabilitate the disgraced cardinal. The real reasons why Pope ...

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican who was demanding he should be able to participate in the upcoming conclave to decide who will replace Pope Francis now says he will not take ...

ROME, Italy — The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope for “the ...

Cardinal Angelo Becciu, who until today was prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints, has resigned from that office, and in an extremely rare move, from the rights extended to ...

(RNS) — Stripped of the privileges of his rank and living under the cloud of scandal, the cardinal seems to have no intention of going quietly. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — After celebrating Mass on the first ...