Less than 24 hours from the start of the conclave, the calculations around the voting seem to remain open. One is perceived “Great disorientation” Among the Cardinals, many rookies and who do not speak Italian. And several analysts, making accounts, adding votes and seeing who would probably vote for whom, begin to think that, although in the first scrutiny both the cardenal Parolin, Like the other great favorite, the Philippine Luis Antonio “Chito” Tagle, They could reap a good amount of votes, they couldn’t add many more. And that would be canceled each other, giving rise to other names.
In the last cardinal Meeting Prior to the start of the conclave, all parties involved in the war in Ukraine, in the Middle East and in other parts of the world to reach “a new permanent fire as soon as possible” and “negotiate without previous conditions and new delays, peace”.
The 133 electorals who will participate in the conclave will have a rectangular card in their hands with that phrase written in the upper half. In the lower half there will be a Space to write the name of the chosen successor. The form of the card allows it to be folded in two without any inconvenience.
during An interview with Elisabetta Piqué, correspondent in Italy, Czech-Canadian cardinal Michael Czerny, One of the Jesuits who will participate in the conclave, did not hide his irritation before those who, from the conservative wing, denounce Francisco for having caused confusion. “We live in a confusing world and the Church, to fulfill its vocation, you have to generate confusion. Jesus generated a lot of confusion, a lot,” he told La Nacion in his department stuck to the General Curia of the Society of Jesus.
In the midst of a world and a society “in flames”, during the interview Cardinal Czerny, 78, sponsored a Pope close to those who suffer, open to dialogue, creative and do not think about going back. “A Pope should not think of going back, sincerely, it seems to me that it makes no sense. A Pope should think about the challenge of bringing the gospel to everyone, in 2025,” he said.
It’s about the solemn and mystical Gregorian song that the cardinals will sing when the conclave begins tomorrow and that implores the intercession of the saints, while parading towards the chapel and lend a secret oath.
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All who participate in the conclave, cardinals and laity, swore absolute secretism About the intimacy of the choice of Pope Francis’s successor. They may go to lunch or dinner, but they will not be able to make statements to the press, as described by journalist Ignacio Damonte, from the LN+ mobile in Rome.
From the Holy See They explained that the voting within the framework of the conclave will take place every day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, And if the cardinals have difficulty agreeing on the person who must be chosen, after three days without results, the votes are suspended for a maximum of one day. During that day they make a prayer pause, free discussion among the voters and a brief spiritual exhortation, pronounced by the Dean Cardinal of the Order of the Deacons. Then, the vote resumes. After seven votes, If the election did not take place yet, another pause for prayer, conversation and exhortation is made, taught by the major cardinal of the order of presbyters.
After that begins Another series of seven votes And, if the election does not occur, a new pause for prayer, conversation and exhortation is made, by the major cardinal of the bishops’ order. Then the vote resumes, with a maximum of seven Papelets. If there is no choice, reserve one day for prayer, reflection and dialogue, and in the following vote You must choose between the two names that have received more votes in the previous vote.
The Vatican closed the Sistine Chapel last week, the place where the cardinals will meet for the conclave that will define the next Pope after Francisco’s death, on April 21, at 88.
It is key to the event preparing the place for the red tunic cardinals who congregated in the heart of Rome to choose the next Pope in a traditional process.
The conclave that will choose the Successor of Pope Francis At the head of the Catholic Church will begin tomorrow, according to the cardinals present in Rome -both the older as those under 80 years -during the fifth meeting of the general congregations.
In a meeting with journalists, the director of the Vatican Press Room, Matteo Bruni, He said that in the meeting in which they set the date, 190 Cardinals participated, of which “a hundred” are under 80 years and, therefore, with the right to vote.
