Convicted cardinal demands to be part of conclave to choose new pope, setting up Vatican standoff

[Polybius]

Source: CNN

A cardinal convicted of financial crimes by the Vatican is claiming he can take part in the forthcoming conclave despite being listed as a “non-elector.”

Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful figures in the Vatican, was ordered by Pope Francis in 2020 to resign the “rights and privileges” of a cardinal after he became embroiled in a Vatican financial scandal.

The Sardinian cardinal previously held the position of “sostituto” (“substitute”) in the Holy See’s Secretariat of State - a papal chief of staff equivalent.

The role offered Becciu walk-in privileges to see the pope and he commanded huge authority across the church’s central government. He was later moved to a position running the Vatican’s saint-making department.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/23/europe/cardinal-becciu-conclave-controversy-intl/index.html

[Lulu KC]

1. Maybe I'm just sleepy

But this made me laugh: He was later moved to a position running the Vatican’s saint-making department.

[rpannier]

2. Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

cnn chose that description, I'm guessing because they figure almost no one knows what that is, and Dicastery is probably too difficult for most of their readers to pronounce.
I also noticed that in writing 'Dicastery' a red line was placed underneath the word even though the spelling is correct. So, it may have been an ai correction or something along those lines

[SheltieLover]

3. It's not you

[markodochartaigh]

4. Who knew that a

sardine could be a cardinal? Wildlife is amazing!

[rpannier]

5. That sardine was canned by Francis

He needs to be put in one

[Javaman]

6. another sociopath. nt

[twodogsbarking]

7. In a weirdness contest the Catholic Church came in first followed by English Royalty.

Hauling around a dead guy's body for people to see is freakin' weird.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

9. We haul dead presidents around for people to see. It may be freakin' weird, but ...

... but I look forward to one in particular.

[wolfie001]

8. A loudmouth troublemaker like this

Is probably being funded by another entity. I'd guess Russian. Shake up the process. Make sure it doesn't proceed calmly. Pootin was no friend of the former Pope.