The cardinals have decided this Saturday to intensify their meetings and celebrate on Monday two congregations in the Vaticanthe forum with which the process regulates until conclave in which they will choose the successor of the Pope Francis.
The spokesman of the Holy See, Matteo BruniHe confirmed today that Cardinal meetings on Monday will be two, and not one, in the morning and in the afternoon (at 7.00 GMT and at 15.00 GMT).
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Upon arrival at today’s congregation, several wandered had recognized that internal debates to find possible names on candidates continued “Open”
One of them was the French Jean Paul VescoArchbishop of Algiers: “We are not yet ready, we must discover who has been chosen by the Mister. We need a little More time to pray togetherbut I am convinced that we will be prepared at the right time ”, He told the media that they asked him.
Along the same lines, the Chilean cardinal Fernando Natalio Chomali Garib stressed: “We have 133 names and everything is open.”
Tomorrow Sunday there will be no congregation and, after two on Monday, Bruni It did not exclude that those of Tuesday could also be doubled.
A day later, the 133 Cardinals voters – 80 years old- will be locked in the Sistine Chapel to deliberate and vote a successor of the Franciscodeceased on April 21, and until they find it they will not be able to leave the Vatican nor communicate with the outside.
Today, they have reached Rome A total of 131 voter cardinals, so there are two of the total summoned.
The night will spend it in two buildings within the walls of the Pontifical country, the Santa Casa Marten and the Ethiopian Collegeas confirmed today by the head of Vatican Infrastructure, Silvio Screpantiwhich prepares two hundred rooms for glitters and assistants.
The works in Santa Marta are “In an advanced phase” and “They should conclude” On Monday, May 5 to allow cardinals to enter their rooms on Tuesday night and Wednesday, Bruni advanced.
All must be ready for Mass ‘Pro choosing Pontifice‘In the Basilica of San Pedro at 10.00 local time (8.00 GMT) on Wednesday and later, in the afternoon, process to its confinement in the Sistine.
That day there will be the first vote whose result, as the tradition sends, will be communicated to the outside world with the smoke of its Burned votesthrough the chimney placed at the top of the Sistine: Blanco means that there is dad; Black, otherwise.
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