115 cardinals meet Tuesday to select pope
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March 9, 2013, Saturday
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ROMAN Catholic cardinals will start their conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI on the afternoon of next Tuesday, the Vatican said in a statement yesterday.
A total of 115 cardinals will take part in the elaborate ritual, which continues until one man receives a two-thirds majority. The vote follows Benedict's surprise abdication last month after a troubled, eight-year reign.
There is no clear favorite to take the helm of Church, which faces an array of problems, from sexual abuse scandals to internal strife at the heart of the Vatican administration.
Tuesday will begin with a Mass in the morning, followed by the first balloting in the afternoon.
In the past 100 years, no conclave has lasted longer than five days.
The past week of deliberations has exposed sharp divisions among cardinals about some of the pressing problems facing the church, including of governance within the Holy See itself.
Early in the week, the Americans had been pressing for more time to get to the bottom of the level of dysfunction and corruption exposed by the leaks of papal documents last year. But by Thursday afternoon, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles tweeted that the discussions were "reaching a conclusion" and that a mood of "excitement" was taking hold.
A total of 115 cardinals will take part in the elaborate ritual, which continues until one man receives a two-thirds majority. The vote follows Benedict's surprise abdication last month after a troubled, eight-year reign.
There is no clear favorite to take the helm of Church, which faces an array of problems, from sexual abuse scandals to internal strife at the heart of the Vatican administration.
Tuesday will begin with a Mass in the morning, followed by the first balloting in the afternoon.
In the past 100 years, no conclave has lasted longer than five days.
The past week of deliberations has exposed sharp divisions among cardinals about some of the pressing problems facing the church, including of governance within the Holy See itself.
Early in the week, the Americans had been pressing for more time to get to the bottom of the level of dysfunction and corruption exposed by the leaks of papal documents last year. But by Thursday afternoon, Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles tweeted that the discussions were "reaching a conclusion" and that a mood of "excitement" was taking hold.
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