A cardinal convicted of fraud and emistress by the Vatican and designated as an “non -elector” demands that he be allowed to participate in the process to choose the next pontiff, since thousands of faithful of mourning are aligned to Present his last respect for Pope Francis In Rome.
Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, 76, was investigated for participating in an investment scheme that involves a property in London, which ended up costing the church dozens of millions of dollars.
After his conviction for a court of the Vatican of Judges, he was ordered to comply with a five -and -a -half -year prison sentence, and the late Pope Francis personally ordered to renounce the “rights and privileges” or his position in 2020, According to CNN.
It was a spectacular fall in grace for Becciu, who is the high position of “sustaining” (“substitute”) in the Secretariat of the Holy See of the State-Effectively of the Pope to the Pope, Cardinal Cardinal Cardinal Cardinalsed.
His role Avenue gave him privileges without prior appointment to see the Pope.
After his conviction, Becciu also had the drummer to use Vatican funds to bribe the witnesses in the sexual abuse of his rival, Cardinal George Pell, whose conviction was exaggerated in 2020 after spending in Australia.
Vatican prosecutors compiled an evidence file that showed Becciu Wiring more than $ 800,000 to help influence the testimony Against the Pell case: the charges he denied vehemence.
The Cardinal maintains his innocence and is in the process of appealing his sentence for fraud, whose bone is allowed to live in his apartment in the Vatican.
Althegh The Holy headquarters Press Office now designates it as an “non -voter,” Becciu said that “there was no explicit will to exclude me from the conclave or a request for my explicit resignation in writing” in a Sardín newspaper.
Becciu was stripped or his rights as a cardinal did not start it from the Cardinals College, the body of 135 eligible cardinals who will participate in the conclave When it starts in the coming weeks. This means that it is still eligible to participate in the discussions prior to the confunclave, which have already begun.
Giovanni Battista Re, the dean of the Faculty of Cardinals and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, who is responsible for supervising the procedures of the conclave.
Pope Francis, Who died on Easter at 88 After a two -month battle against pneumonia, he prioritized to obtain the Vatican Financial House to order his 12 -year -old papacy. The change personally changed the law to ensure that Becciu was eligible for a Vatican court to transmit a sentence.
On Wednesday, a massive crowd made its way through the Basilica of San Pedro, where the late Pope will be in a state for three days before His Saturday funeral.
Francis’s modest wooden coffin was exhibited on the main altar of the historical basilica, his body adorned in traditional red robes and the bishop’s groin, his hand grabbing a rosary.
In the first eight and a half hours of visits, almost 20,000 mourners saw the open coffin of the Pontiff, which led the Vatican to consider extending the visualization hours to accommodate the participation.
The public display period will end on Friday at 7 pm, at which time the coffin will be closed and sealed.
Francis’ The funeral will be Saturday At 10 in the morning, the local time in the Plaza de San Pedro, with world leaders such as President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zensky.
After the service, Pope Francis will be buried in the Basilica of Santa María Mayor near the Vatican, instead of under the Basilica of San Pedro, where many of his predecessors were buried.
With publication cables
