The Italian Cardinal in the heart of the “trial of the century” in the Vatican announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawn from participating in the next range to elect the new Pope of “the best of the church.”
The status of the Cardinal Angelo Besio dominated the discussions in the days after the death of Pope Francis amid questions about whether he would participate in the flavor to elect the successor of Francis.
Mons. Angelo becciu heads the Eucharist, in St. John in Latheran Basilica, in Rome, February 9, 2017.
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After falling in 2020, Pisio said he would not participate in any future future. But in recent days he stressed that he had the right to enter the Sistin Church with other Cardinals on May 7.
On Tuesday, 76 -year -old Italian issued a statement through his lawyer saying: “In the heart of the good of the church, which I served and I will continue to serve it with sincerity and love, as well as to contribute to the company and calm, I decided to always obey what Francis will did the Pope.
Becciu was once a influential president in the Vatican in the Vatican, who was a major competitor to Papwe himself. But he fell from grace in 2020 when Francis forced him to resign his job as head of the Saint Saint in the Vatican and his rights as Cardinal’s commander due to allegations of financial misconduct.
BecCIU denied any violations, but he was tried in the Vatican Criminal Court and was convicted of charges of financing in December 2023. He is resumes conviction and a one -year prison sentence and participated in pre -evaluation meetings, including Monday.
BecCIU rose to the forefront and power under the conservative Pope Benedict XVI and belongs to the old Vatican Conservative Conservative. While he initially became a close consultant for Pope Francis, the subsequent Pisio’s fall by Francis might suggest that he would have voted for a person who was keen to back away from some Francis reforms.
In 76, BecCIU is located at the maximum age of 80 years and is technically qualified to vote, but the official statistics of the Vatican are based on being “uncomfortable”.
The Vatican Document, which organizes Konkalaf, known by its Latin Latin Dominici Gregis, sets the voter standards, showing that the Cardinals under the age of 80 have the right to elect the Pope, with the exception of those who were “negligently neglected or with the approval of the Roman Pontef may restore conflict.” He adds that after the death of the Pope, “the Cardinate College cannot read or rehabilitate them.”
There was no clarity on the exact abandonment of BecCIU or how: The statement of the one line issued by the Press Office in the Vatican on September 24, 2020 said only that Francis before the resignation of BecCIU as a conservative of the group for the reasons for the saints “and his rights related to Karmna.” There is no indication that it has been legally approved.
Domani Domani said last week that during pre -initial discussions, BecCIU was presented with two letters fell by Francis before his death, saying he should not participate in the scope. Besio’s reference to Francis’s will in his statement on Tuesday indicates that the messages were the turning point that convinced him to withdraw from the vote.
After forcing the resignation of Besio, Francis Besio visited on occasions and allowed him to participate in the life of the Vatican. But Francis changed the Vatican law to allow the Criminal Court in the city of the city to prosecute him.
Meanwhile, the questions continued in the safety of the trial that condemned Besio and eight others. During the procedures, the court heard that Francis was involved on several occasions on behalf of the prosecutors and that witnessing the main prosecution against Pisio had been trained and manipulated by strangers.
The appeal is scheduled to start in September.
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