Debunking 'conventional' conclave wisdom
All Things Catholic: You've heard the sayings regarding the conclave. You know, "he who enters as pope exits as cardinal" and others. But how true are they really?
Conclave 2013
Start of conclave still uncertain
Rome dispatch: The College of Cardinals will begin meeting Monday, but there's still no word on when conclave will start.
What happens between now and the conclave?
What will the cardinals be doing before they are sealed into the Sistine Chapel for the conclave? Several days of meetings discussing logistics and rules, frank discussions about the state of the church and lots of dinners, says Austen Ivereigh, writing in The Tablet, London’s Catholic weekly.
Ivereigh was a director of public affairs for Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor when the cardinal was archbishop of Westminster in England.
Picking the pope a contest among four camps
A conclave is not the Iowa caucuses. There will be little ideological clash and change in political stances almost certainly won't happen.
Update on conclave start date
John Allen in Rome:
Papabile of the Day: The Men Who Could Be Pope
Papabile of the day: In addition to Peter Turkson from Ghana, there's another African who could be an equally compelling choice for pope.
Cardinals do it too: A, B and C lists
Cardinals Sean O'Malley of Boston, Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and Francis George of Chicago met the press for a half-hour at the North American College, home to American seminarians in Rome.
There wasn't much hard news out of the session, though it was interesting to hear each man speak briefly about how he plans to go about preparing for the papal election.
One interesting comment on that score came from George. In effect, he said the cardinals don't go about things all that differently than those of us who get paid to handicap papal candidates for a living.
Benedict's final theologian quote
Assuming tonight’s brief salute by Benedict XVI from his balcony at Castel Gandolfo isn’t really a substantive address, he likely delivered the last public remarks of his life this morning in which he'll quote a Catholic theologian.
If so, Benedict went out on a characteristic note, citing the modern thinker who’s had the greatest imprint on his own thinking –- Romano Guardini.
Pope promises 'unconditional obedience' to successor
Pope Benedict this morning met for last time with the College of Cardinals, promising "unconditional reverence and obedience" to his successor, who was likely in the room.
Pope meets cardinals for last time
ROME -- NCR staff writer Joshua McElwee was in the Vatican press briefing room watching the last meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the college of cardinals. The meeting was held in Clementine Hall inside the Apostolic Palace, but broadcast live beginning at 11 p.m. Rome time (4 a.m. USA central time).
McElwee described the event as it unfolded on this Tweeter feed @joshjmac as did Catholic News Service @CatholicNewsSvc.
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