Conclave to elect Pope on March 12, 2013: firstly Rome, then Florence

March 8, 2013 - PRLog -- On March 12, the conclave that will elect the 266esimo Bishop of Rome, the successor of Pope Benedict XVI. They decided this afternoon, the cardinals, voters and non-gathered at the Vatican for the general congregations that are held daily during the vacancy, before the start of the enclosure in the Sistine Chapel. On the morning of March 12 in the Vatican Basilica, Mass will be celebrated at the beginning conclave (pro eligendo Roman Pontiff), which will be chaired by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean. In the afternoon, however, the voters will cardinals in the Sistine Chapel under the leadership of 79enne Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops in conclave will assume the duties of dean of the College of Cardinals as both Sodano and his deputy Roger Etchegaray have passed the fateful threshold of eighty years, thereby forfeiting the right to elect the Pope the white smoke, according to the most optimistic forecasts, considering the history of the last conclave, it should reach 13 or at most 14 March.
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