Italian Cardinal Withdraws from Conclave

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Disgraced Cardinal Becciu will not participate conclave to elect pope

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Cardinal Angelo Becciu ’ s status has dominated discussions in the days after Pope Francis ’ death.

The Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican ’s “trial of the century ” announced Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope.

He had asserted he had a right to enter the Sistine Chapel with other cardinals on May 7 .

He is appealing the conviction and 5 1/2-year prison sentence.

Lawyers cried foul, arguing interference by an absolute monarch in a legal system where the pope exercises supreme legislative , executive and judicial power.

The tribunal rejected their objections, but in recent weeks more evidence has emerged about the outside manipulation of the witness and apparent collusion with Vatican prosecutors and gendarmes to target Becciu .

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