KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.
REVELATION 13:11-12
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman (FALSE CHURCH) sit upon a scarlet (RED) coloured beast,(THE FALSE CHURCH RIDES WORLD GOVERNMENT TO WORLD POWER) full of names of blasphemy,(GOD HATING) having seven heads (ROME) and ten horns.(WORLD GOVERNMENT)
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet (RED) colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns (WORLD GOVERNMENT) which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMBS OR NUKES)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS)
THE WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS
WITH THE 115 RELIGIOUS WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS READY TO SET THE CONCLAVE DATE AT 1PM EST-7PM VATICAN TIME TODAY.WE WILL SOON SEE WHAT CARDINAL COMES VICTORIOUS AS LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WORLD LEADER POPE OF THE 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD.
HERE ARE MY FAVORITES ALL FROM EUROPE.AND THE MAIN ONES FROM ROME/ITALY.
Scola, Angelo. Archbishop of Milan, Italy (2003).
Bertone, S.D.B., Tarcisio. Secretary of State; Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2003)
Betori, Giuseppe. Archbishop of Florence, Italy (2012).
Bagnasco, Angelo. Archbishop of Genoa, Italy (2007).
Caffarra, Carlo. Archbishop of Bologna, Italy (2006).
Poletto, Severino. Archbishop emeritus of Turin, Italy (2001).
Romeo, Paolo. Archbishop of Palermo, Italy (2010).
Sepe, Crescenzio. Archbishop of Naples, Italy (2001)
Tettamanzi, Dionigi. Archbishop emeritus of Milan, Italy (1998).
Versaldi, Giuseppe. President of the prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2012).
Tauran, Jean-Louis. President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialog (2003).
Ravasi, Gianfranco. President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Commissions for the Patrimony of the Church and of Sacred Archeology (2010).
O'Brien, Edwin Frederick. Pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2012).
Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Carlos. Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain (2003).
Barbarin, Philippe. Archbishop of Lyon, France (2003).
Brady, Seán Baptist. Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland (2007).
Danneels, Godfried. Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium (1983).
Dziwisz, Stanisław. Archbishop of Kraków, Poland (2006).
Eijk, Willem Jacobus. Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland (2012).
Erdö, Péter. Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary (2003).
Lajolo, Giovanni. President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and president emeritus of the Governatorato of the same state (2007).
Lehmann, Karl. Bishop of Mainz, Germany (2001).
Martínez Sistach Lluís. Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain (2007).
Marx, Reinhard. Archbishop of Münich und Freising, Germany (2010).
Meisner, Joachim. Archbishop of Cologne, Germany (1983).
Nycz, Kazimierz. Archbishop of Warsaw, Poland (2010).
Policarpo, José da Cruz. Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal (2001).
Ricard, Jean-Pierre. Archbishop of Bordeaux, France (2006).
Rouco Varela, Antonio María. Archbishop of Madrid, Spain (1998).
Schönborn, O.P., Christoph. Archbishop of Vienna, Austria (1998).
Vingt-Trois, André. Archbishop of Paris, France (2007).
Woelki, Ranier Maria. Archbishop of Berlin, Germany (2012).
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html (ALL POPE NEWS)
COMPLETE LIST OF CARDINALS TO VOTE FOR NEXT POPE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-3-days-left-in-reign.html
The 115 cardinal electors are ready to vote for the new Pope. The average age of the cardinals is 72, most of them were appointed by Benedict XVI and over half of them are European. There are 28 Italian cardinal electors making them the largest group but all five continents are represented.
- AVERAGE AGE 71-72. There are eight cardinals who have either just turned eighty or will turn eighty this year.
- KASPER IS THE OLDEST CARDINAL AND THOTTUNKAL IS THE YOUNGEST. The German Walter Kasper turned 80 on 5 March, before the start of the Conclave but after the start of the sede vacante period. Cardinals are eligible to vote up until the age of 80. Severino Poletto and Juan Sandoval Iniguez turn 80 this March. The youngest cardinal elector is the Indian Baselio Cleemis Thottunkal who turns 54 in June. Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s birthday is also in June but he will turn 56. There are three more cardinals under the age of 60: two Germans and one Dutchman.
- OVER HALF OF THE CARDINAL ELECTORS ARE EUROPEANS. There are 60 electors representing the Old Continent, followed by Latin America with 19 representatives and North America with 14 (so 33 in total), Africa with 11 and Asia with 10. There is also one Australian, george Pell.
- ITALY HAS THE MOST MEMBERS, FOLLOWED BY THE U.S. Italy is the most represented country in the Conclave, with 28 cardinals. It is followed by the United States, which has 11 cardinal electors and Germany with 6. Spain and Brazil will have five cardinals each representing them in the Sistine Chapel.
- 67 OF THE CARDINAL ELECTORS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE POPE EMERITUS. The majority, 58%, were created cardinals by Benedict XVI. The other 48 were created byJohn Paul II. Paul VI created two of the members of the College of Cardinals but they are over 80 years old so cannot vote in the Conclave.
- 19 RELIGIOUS. The Salesian and Franciscan congregations are the ones with the most representatives in the Conclave - 4 cardinals each. Don Bosco’s followers include Tarcisio Bertone, Angelo Amato, Raffaele Farina and the Honduran, Oscar Maradiaga. The Franciscans are: the Brazilian, Claudio Hummes, the Spaniard, Carlos Amigo Vallejo and the South African, Wilfrid Fox Napier; the American Capuchin friar, Sean Patrick O’Malley, also belongs to this group. There are also two Jesuits, two Dominicans and one Redemptorist, one Lazarist, one Sulpician, the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, the Scalabrinians, a Mariamite and a religious from the Schonstatt Fathers.
Scola was held in particular esteem by Pope Benedict XVI, who transferred him from the Venice to the diocese of Milan. An unprecedented decision considered as a sign by many. And it is no secret that Joseph Ratzinger, endorsing Cardinal Camillo Ruini's suggestion, had also considered him in 2007 for appointment as President of the Italian Episcopal Conference. At that time, it was the newly appointed Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone, who objected and the nomination was dropped. Scola is thus perceived as an outsider to the Roman Curia and to the management that has characterized it in recent years. Because of his international renown he could be one of the two strongest candidates from the very first vote in the Conclave that starts next week.The other candidate who, at the moment, is expected to start with a good number of votes is the Brazilian Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, who has a long curial and Vatican experience and would have the support of some influential Cardinals of the Curia; from the former Prefect of bishops, Giovanni Battista Re, to the Dean Angelo Sodano (who will not enter the Sistine Chapel to vote).We must see how much weight the recent debates, the criticisms over the Curia's management and the desire for renewal will have. And also how many votes will be cast for other candidates such as the Canadian Marc Ouellet, the Hungarian Peter Erdö, the Latin American Bergoglio, Robles Ortega and Rodríguez Maradiaga; and the outsiders Ranijth, Tagle and O'Malley (the latter tied to Scola by mutual esteem).All is possible. But, as early as the second day of the Conclave, the balance could change and, as occurred in the second election of 1978, a surprise could emerge.
Tomorrow morning there will be another round of General Congregations. On Sunday cardinals will hold prayer sessions in their titular churches in Rome.Meanwhile, the College of Cardinals has “accepted” the reasons given by cardinal electors who are going to be absent from the Conclave. Indonesian cardinal Darmaatmadia cannot attend due to illness and Scottish cardinal Keith O’Brien cannot take part for “personal reasons”. “The College has voted and has accepted their reasons of absence.” One of the themes discussed during today’s Congregation (8March) is women’s role in the Church.Over 100 cardinals have spoken in the Congregations. One website is promoting the adoption of cardinals through prayer, with the slogan “adopt a cardinal”. “So far, 220,000 are taking part in this prayer movement” via the website that is assigning cardinals for whom people can pray.
A FALSE PROPHET COMES FROM THE VATICAN ALSO AT THIS TIME.
REVELATION 13:11-12
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
REVELATION 17:1-5,9,15-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman (FALSE CHURCH) sit upon a scarlet (RED) coloured beast,(THE FALSE CHURCH RIDES WORLD GOVERNMENT TO WORLD POWER) full of names of blasphemy,(GOD HATING) having seven heads (ROME) and ten horns.(WORLD GOVERNMENT)
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet (RED) colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns (WORLD GOVERNMENT) which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(BOMBS OR NUKES)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS)
THE WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS
WITH THE 115 RELIGIOUS WORLD GOVERNMENT OF CARDINALS READY TO SET THE CONCLAVE DATE AT 1PM EST-7PM VATICAN TIME TODAY.WE WILL SOON SEE WHAT CARDINAL COMES VICTORIOUS AS LEADER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND WORLD LEADER POPE OF THE 1.2 BILLION CATHOLICS AROUND THE WORLD.
HERE ARE MY FAVORITES ALL FROM EUROPE.AND THE MAIN ONES FROM ROME/ITALY.
Scola, Angelo. Archbishop of Milan, Italy (2003).
Bertone, S.D.B., Tarcisio. Secretary of State; Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church (2003)
Betori, Giuseppe. Archbishop of Florence, Italy (2012).
Bagnasco, Angelo. Archbishop of Genoa, Italy (2007).
Caffarra, Carlo. Archbishop of Bologna, Italy (2006).
Poletto, Severino. Archbishop emeritus of Turin, Italy (2001).
Romeo, Paolo. Archbishop of Palermo, Italy (2010).
Sepe, Crescenzio. Archbishop of Naples, Italy (2001)
Tettamanzi, Dionigi. Archbishop emeritus of Milan, Italy (1998).
Versaldi, Giuseppe. President of the prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See (2012).
Tauran, Jean-Louis. President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialog (2003).
Ravasi, Gianfranco. President of the Pontifical Council for Culture and of the Pontifical Commissions for the Patrimony of the Church and of Sacred Archeology (2010).
O'Brien, Edwin Frederick. Pro-grand master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (2012).
Amigo Vallejo, O.F.M., Carlos. Archbishop emeritus of Sevilla, Spain (2003).
Barbarin, Philippe. Archbishop of Lyon, France (2003).
Brady, Seán Baptist. Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland (2007).
Danneels, Godfried. Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels, Belgium (1983).
Dziwisz, Stanisław. Archbishop of Kraków, Poland (2006).
Eijk, Willem Jacobus. Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland (2012).
Erdö, Péter. Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary (2003).
Lajolo, Giovanni. President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City and president emeritus of the Governatorato of the same state (2007).
Lehmann, Karl. Bishop of Mainz, Germany (2001).
Martínez Sistach Lluís. Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain (2007).
Marx, Reinhard. Archbishop of Münich und Freising, Germany (2010).
Meisner, Joachim. Archbishop of Cologne, Germany (1983).
Nycz, Kazimierz. Archbishop of Warsaw, Poland (2010).
Policarpo, José da Cruz. Patriarch of Lisbon, Portugal (2001).
Ricard, Jean-Pierre. Archbishop of Bordeaux, France (2006).
Rouco Varela, Antonio María. Archbishop of Madrid, Spain (1998).
Schönborn, O.P., Christoph. Archbishop of Vienna, Austria (1998).
Vingt-Trois, André. Archbishop of Paris, France (2007).
Woelki, Ranier Maria. Archbishop of Berlin, Germany (2012).
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/stock-results-feb-112013.html (ALL POPE NEWS)
COMPLETE LIST OF CARDINALS TO VOTE FOR NEXT POPE
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2013/02/vatican-news-with-3-days-left-in-reign.html
03/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Conclave is to start on 12 March
The Sistine Chapel
The 115 cardinal electors are reday to elect the new Pope
vatican insider staff rome The College of Cardinals' eighth General Congregation has decided that the Conclave for the election of the new Pope will begin on 12 March 2013. This is according to a communiqué issued by the Holy See Press Office. The Mass "Pro Eligendo Pontefice" will be celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica in the morning andf in the afternoon cardinals will begin the Conclave.The 115 cardinal electors are ready to vote for the new Pope. The average age of the cardinals is 72, most of them were appointed by Benedict XVI and over half of them are European. There are 28 Italian cardinal electors making them the largest group but all five continents are represented.
- AVERAGE AGE 71-72. There are eight cardinals who have either just turned eighty or will turn eighty this year.
- KASPER IS THE OLDEST CARDINAL AND THOTTUNKAL IS THE YOUNGEST. The German Walter Kasper turned 80 on 5 March, before the start of the Conclave but after the start of the sede vacante period. Cardinals are eligible to vote up until the age of 80. Severino Poletto and Juan Sandoval Iniguez turn 80 this March. The youngest cardinal elector is the Indian Baselio Cleemis Thottunkal who turns 54 in June. Filipino cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s birthday is also in June but he will turn 56. There are three more cardinals under the age of 60: two Germans and one Dutchman.
- OVER HALF OF THE CARDINAL ELECTORS ARE EUROPEANS. There are 60 electors representing the Old Continent, followed by Latin America with 19 representatives and North America with 14 (so 33 in total), Africa with 11 and Asia with 10. There is also one Australian, george Pell.
- ITALY HAS THE MOST MEMBERS, FOLLOWED BY THE U.S. Italy is the most represented country in the Conclave, with 28 cardinals. It is followed by the United States, which has 11 cardinal electors and Germany with 6. Spain and Brazil will have five cardinals each representing them in the Sistine Chapel.
- 67 OF THE CARDINAL ELECTORS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE POPE EMERITUS. The majority, 58%, were created cardinals by Benedict XVI. The other 48 were created byJohn Paul II. Paul VI created two of the members of the College of Cardinals but they are over 80 years old so cannot vote in the Conclave.
- 19 RELIGIOUS. The Salesian and Franciscan congregations are the ones with the most representatives in the Conclave - 4 cardinals each. Don Bosco’s followers include Tarcisio Bertone, Angelo Amato, Raffaele Farina and the Honduran, Oscar Maradiaga. The Franciscans are: the Brazilian, Claudio Hummes, the Spaniard, Carlos Amigo Vallejo and the South African, Wilfrid Fox Napier; the American Capuchin friar, Sean Patrick O’Malley, also belongs to this group. There are also two Jesuits, two Dominicans and one Redemptorist, one Lazarist, one Sulpician, the Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, the Scalabrinians, a Mariamite and a religious from the Schonstatt Fathers.
03/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Scola becomes "papabile" again: The Americans are also with him
Cardinal Angelo Scola
Well-liked by Ratzinger, he is seen as an outsider to the Roman Curia. After four days of discussions, the first alliances take shape
ANDREA TORNIELLI vatican city After four days of discussions and six General Congregations, the groups and the strongest "papabili" are emerging more clearly in the meeting room but even more so in the face to face talks taking place away from prying eyes. Among them is the Archbishop of Milan, Angelo Scola, who is coming to the fore. He has been considered one of the possible candidates for the Papal Seat right from the beginning; the votes of several American cardinals and of other European cardinal electors, from Germany to Eastern Europe, as well as those of some Italians, could be cast for him. It is important to remember that thanks to the initiatives of the Oasis Foundation, the Milanese cardinal has interwoven relationships with Eastern Churches as well; for example, with the Lebanese Patriarch Bechara Rai.Scola was held in particular esteem by Pope Benedict XVI, who transferred him from the Venice to the diocese of Milan. An unprecedented decision considered as a sign by many. And it is no secret that Joseph Ratzinger, endorsing Cardinal Camillo Ruini's suggestion, had also considered him in 2007 for appointment as President of the Italian Episcopal Conference. At that time, it was the newly appointed Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone, who objected and the nomination was dropped. Scola is thus perceived as an outsider to the Roman Curia and to the management that has characterized it in recent years. Because of his international renown he could be one of the two strongest candidates from the very first vote in the Conclave that starts next week.The other candidate who, at the moment, is expected to start with a good number of votes is the Brazilian Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo, who has a long curial and Vatican experience and would have the support of some influential Cardinals of the Curia; from the former Prefect of bishops, Giovanni Battista Re, to the Dean Angelo Sodano (who will not enter the Sistine Chapel to vote).We must see how much weight the recent debates, the criticisms over the Curia's management and the desire for renewal will have. And also how many votes will be cast for other candidates such as the Canadian Marc Ouellet, the Hungarian Peter Erdö, the Latin American Bergoglio, Robles Ortega and Rodríguez Maradiaga; and the outsiders Ranijth, Tagle and O'Malley (the latter tied to Scola by mutual esteem).All is possible. But, as early as the second day of the Conclave, the balance could change and, as occurred in the second election of 1978, a surprise could emerge.
03/ 8/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Lombardi: “Conclave date to be announced at 7 pm”
Federico Lombardi
The Vatican spokesman announced this in his usual morning press conference. The date is expected to be announced at the end of this afternoon’s congregation
vatican insider staff rome “If you are asking me when the Conclave will start, my answer is: at the beginning of next week, on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. I don’t think cardinals will decide to start on Saturday or Sunday,” that is tomorrow. The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi said this in this morning’s briefing with journalists.Tomorrow morning there will be another round of General Congregations. On Sunday cardinals will hold prayer sessions in their titular churches in Rome.Meanwhile, the College of Cardinals has “accepted” the reasons given by cardinal electors who are going to be absent from the Conclave. Indonesian cardinal Darmaatmadia cannot attend due to illness and Scottish cardinal Keith O’Brien cannot take part for “personal reasons”. “The College has voted and has accepted their reasons of absence.” One of the themes discussed during today’s Congregation (8March) is women’s role in the Church.Over 100 cardinals have spoken in the Congregations. One website is promoting the adoption of cardinals through prayer, with the slogan “adopt a cardinal”. “So far, 220,000 are taking part in this prayer movement” via the website that is assigning cardinals for whom people can pray.
Vatican: conclave likely to start early next week
By | Associated Press – 1 hr 12 mins ago MAR 08,13- View PhotoAssociated Press/Alessandra Tarantino - German Cardinal Walter Kasper, left, shares a word with Indian Cardinal George Alencherry in St. Peter's Square following a cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Thursday,
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican said Friday the conclave
to elect a new pope will likely start in the first few days of next
week, signaling that cardinals are coming to an end of discussions about
the state of the church and who best among them might lead it.Cardinals will vote Friday afternoon on the opening date of the
conclave, a vote made possible by the arrival Thursday of the last of
the 115 cardinal electors, Vietnamese Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh
Man.The Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said it was "likely" the cardinals would choose Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday as the start date for the conclave. In the past 100 years, no conclave has lasted longer than five days.That said, there is no front-runner in this election, and 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.Vatican-based cardinals had been angling for a speedy end to the
discussions, perhaps to limit the amount of dirty laundry being aired.Aside from the conclave start date, Lombardi said a few items of
business remain outstanding, including drawing lots for rooms at the
Vatican's Santa Marta hotel. On Friday, he showed a video of the room in
which the new pope will sleep his first night as pontiff; it features a
bed with a heavy, dark wood headboard featuring a carved image of
Christ's face.
