Angelo Becciu, 76, was at some point One of the most powerful figures in the Vatican, Francisco Advisor and even considered papable until an opaque real estate operation in London He took him to justice and clerical ostracism.
“Having in the heart the good of the Church, which I have served and I will continue to serve with fidelity and love, as well as to contribute to communion and the serenity of the conclave, I have decided to obey as I have always done“, Said the cardinal in a statement sent to the AFP by his lawyer.
Becciu defends his innocence. Insisted that it was his You must participate in the conclave that begins on May 7despite not being on the official list of voters: it still has the title of Cardinal and participates in the preparative meetings of the conclave.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, for years number two in the Vatican, presented Becciu Two documents signed by the Argentine Pontiff who confirmed that he could not participate.
A first letter dated 2023 and the other of last month, according to the Diana newspaper.
The Becciu fall came in the middle of a series of reforms that Francisco drove destined to clean the notoriously murky Vatican finance. He was sentenced to five and a half years in prison for fraud in financial operations of the Holy See.