Cardinal Angelo Besio withdraws from being to elect the new Pope. What do you know about his embezzlement?

Italian Cardinal in the heart of the Vatican “Tornry of the Century,” Angelo Besio, announced on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from participating in Next Conclave To elect the new Pope of the “Good Church”, the days of the drama that overwhelmed the procedures end.

The case of Cardinal Besio, who was convicted of fraud and embezzlement in 2023, dominated the discussions in the following days The death of Pope Francis Amid questions about whether or not he will participate in the flavor to elect the successor of Francis.

after The fall of 2020, Pisio had said he would not participate in any future future. But in recent days he stressed that he has the right to enter 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.

Who is Angelo Bert?

Before the allegations of embezzlement and favoritism appeared about five years ago, BecCIU was considered one of the top advisers in Francis.

One day he was a influential president in the Vatican in the Vatican, who was a major competitor to Babwe himself.

He was born in 1948 in Patada, Sardinia, the 76 -year -old was appointed to the priesthood in 1972, he said Report of the College of CardinalsIndependent research site that fills the Cardinals. In 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Besio as an alternative to public affairs in the state secretariat, the third strongest official in the Vatican.

Pope Francis later Becciu as Cardinal in 2018 and appointed him as a group governor for the reasons for the saints.
But he fell from grace in 2020 when Francis forced him to resign from his job as head of the Saint Office in the Vatican and his rights as a leader Obligations of financial misconduct.

“Tornry of the Century”

Trial Focus on the Vatican Secretariat of the state investments of 350 million euros in developing the former Harrod warehouse in luxury apartments. Vatican prosecutors, Monsonians and Bassasrah, including Besio, of the Apostolic Chair for tens of millions of euros in fees and commissions, then blackmailed the Apostolic Chair with 15 million euros to abandon the control of the London Building.

Bring was I was convicted in December 2023 of embezzlement The original investment of 200 million euros in a fund bought the property, as well as for its 125,000 euros from the Vatican money to a charity run by his brother in Sardinia, a large Italian island in the Mediterranean.

BecCIU also was condemned using Vatican money to pay intelligence analyst, Cecilia Margora, who in turn was convicted of using the money for herself.

BecCIU denied any violations and appeals to condemnation and prison sentence for 5 and a half years and participated in pre -tension meetings, including Monday.

How does BecCIU’s withdrawal affect the scale?

BecCIU’s withdrawal does not affect the official statistics of the Vatican about the flavor because it is internally not considered qualified to vote.

There are still 135 main voters, although Vatican spokesman Matteo Brunei confirmed on Tuesday that two had officially announced that they did not come for health reasons, as the number of voters reduced to 133.

BecCIU is located in the maximum of 80 years and is technically qualified to vote, but the official statistics of the Vatican as “uninterrupted”.

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.

Francis messages to Pesio before his death

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.

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.

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.

The Pope’s absolute power and the integrity of the trial

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.

Defense lawyers discovered that the Pope secretly issued four decrees during the investigation in favor of the prosecutors, allowing them to make objections and detain the suspects without a judicial order.

Lawyers cried wrongly, on the pretext of this intervention by the absolute king in a legal system, where the Pope exercises the legislative, executive and higher judicial authority the rights of its customers and stole them from a fair trial.

The court rejected its objections, but in recent weeks, more evidence has emerged about the external manipulation of the witness and the clear collusion with the Vatican prosecutors and Gendarmes to target BecCIU.

BecCIU is free waiting for the appeal, which is scheduled to start in September.