After a background, the Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Betsiou and doomed to scandal will not finally take part in the Conclavian who will be called upon to elect his deceased successor Pope Francis to Vaticanalthough he had initially expressed the desire to participate.
Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Betsiou said that ‘Oskings to Francis’ will’ who in 2020 had removed all the ecclesiastical powers, although he had maintained the title of Cardinal and that he would not eventually participate in the process of electing the new Pope in the Vatican.
Initially Cardinal had claimed the right to participate in the conceptionbut on Monday (28.04.2025) it became clear that the Cardinal Council, which set the date of the start of the new Pontiff, process of election, He did not see this development favorably.
Betsiu started as a close associate of Argentina Pope, but was then accused ofwas tired of participating in a Vatican’s opaque investment scandal In real estate in downtown London – an investment for which Pope Francis had not been informed.
The Vatican Court sentenced Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Betsiou, a former Pope Francis Advisor in 2023 in 2023 5.5 years in prison For financial crimes.
Although the official list of the Holy See’s Press Office mentions him as a “non -elector”, Cardinal Betsiou had stated in a Sardinia newspaper that “there was no clear desire to exclude from the Conclain or I was asked to resign in writing”.
Although he lost the privileges of the cardinal, Betsiou has not been formally dismissed by the Cardinal College and so he could participate in preliminary discussions before the election. Eventually he changed his mind and retired.
Under the rules of the Vatican, the cardinals will participate in the morning of May 7 in operation at Basilica of St. Peter. In the same afternoon, the cardinals under the age of 80 who will elect the new Pope will be locked in the Sistine hats for the closed -door of the voting, which can take days.
It is noted that eight in 10 cardinals have been appointed by Pope Francis in the last twelve, while 20 became cardinals just in December last year. Many met in Rome last week after Pontiff’s death.