A religious reporter explains why the Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced on Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. AP production by Maria Grazia Murru
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Analyst on disgraced Cardinal Becciu’s formal withdrawal from conclave to elect new pope

A religious reporter explains why the Italian cardinal at the heart of the Vatican’s “trial of the century” announced on Tuesday he was withdrawing from participating in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope. AP production by Maria Grazia Murru
 
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