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'The pope has recognized my cardinal prerogatives as intact,' Cardinal Becciu said from Rome
Convicted Cardinal Angelo Becciu told Sardinian reporters Tuesday that he is permitted to attend the conclave that will elect Pope Francis’ successor, and that a Vatican list designating him a “non-elector” has no legal value.
“The pope has recognized my cardinal prerogatives as intact, since there was no explicit will to exclude me from the Conclave nor a request for my explicit renunciation in writing,” Becciu told L’Unione Sarda newspaper April 22, despite his 2020 resignation of the rights and privileges of a cardinal.
The pope’s April 21 “death is a great sorrow,” Becciu said, “in light of a relationship that was always frank, serene, marked by the utmost respect even in the face of natural, human differences of opinion: the pope accepted my opinions and together we shared all the choices, even the most painful ones."
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Convicted Cardinal Becciu claims conclave voting rights; Vatican said ‘no’
'The pope has recognized my cardinal prerogatives as intact,' Cardinal Becciu said from Rome
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