Cardinal Angelo Becciu Resigns
Title: Powerful Vatican Cardinal Becciu resigns amid financial scandal
Author: Gerard O’Connell
Publisher: America Media
Date: 24SEP2020
In a stunning decision, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the Italian cardinal, Angelo Becciu, from his position as prefect of the Congregation for Saints. The cardinal has also renounced all the rights connected with his being a cardinal, the Vatican announced this evening.This means that he no longer has the right to vote in a conclave, the principal right and prerogative of a cardinal.
Before being made cardinal by Pope Francis in June 2018, then Archbishop Becciu held the second highest ranking position at the Vatican as “substitute” or chief of staff, from May 10, 2011 to June 2018, first under Benedict XVI who appointed him as chief of staff, a position Francis confirmed when he became pope. He was one of the most powerful men in the Roman Curia in those years.
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