The day of the Conclave, at 7:00 PM the first smoke
17:39 It was the master of papal liturgical celebrations, Msgr. Guido Marini, notice the “all out” and shut the door of the Sistine Chapel, giving a start to the Conclave. From the Sistine out all those involved in the ceremony and the prelates of the Roman Curia.
Among others Mgr. Georg Gaenswein, Prefect of the Papal Household and secretary of Benedict XVI. Before the voting, the cardinals will attend the second meditation foreseen by the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, which will be given by Cardinal Maltese Prosper Grech.
17:29 The Cardinals continue the procession and the oath
17:17 According to the formula in Latin:” I promise, pledge and swear. So ‘so help me God and these Holy Gospels which I touch with my hand.”
16:54 The cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel, have pronounced the oath prior to the commencement of the work of the Conclave. The oath, as required by the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, was delivered by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, who conclave will assume the duties of dean.
Under the Michelangelo’s Last Judgement, the cardinal, among the ranks of red caps, arranged in two rows on each side, gives the Latin formula. It is then the turn of the cardinal electors who are vowing one by one before beginning the work of the Conclave.
16:44 The 115 cardinal electors are all entered, shortly before 16:40, in the Sistine Chapel. Last Giovanni Battista Re, preceded by the Camerlengo Tarcisio Bertone. The Cardinals, singing the Litany of the Saints, they tried their placeholders at the tables set up for the election of the Pope on the tables, a red folder and the Ordo Rituum Conclavis.
16:45 It was the American Cardinal, James Michael Harvey of the Order of Deacons to cross first the door of the Sistine Chapel, followed by Cardinal Joseph Versaldi. Rounding out the ranks of cardinals in conclave the cardinals Tarcisio Bertone, Giovanni Battista Re both the Order of Bishops.
First Order of priests and ‘instead of Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the fifth to make input in the Sistine Chapel.
16:37 The 115 cardinals entered the conclave in the Sistine Chapel. Here, after the singing of the Veni Creator take the oath prescribed.
16:34 Procession of the cardinals in the course
16:32 The red folder over the tables already set up for the conclave in the Sistine Chapel is the meditation of Cardinal Maltese Prosper Grech, so who wants to can directly follow the text. It is one of the indications of the Master of Liturgical Celebrations, Monsignor Guido Marini, the cardinals who are coming to the Pauline Chapel at the beginning of the rites of the conclave.
16:24 The secrecy is a must even on devices designed to prevent the Cardinals, Conclave, to communicate. It is – says Maurizio Aiello, the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineering and Telecommunications of the National Research Council in Genoa – disturbers of equipment which emits electromagnetic waves of the same frequency transmitting devices.
The noise prevents all radio communications to and from a certain point. According to Italian law, the use of frequency jammers is illegal but the Vatican is extra-territorial, and is still plausible that both methods have been applied in order to obtain a total blackout: a shield passive and active devices capable to disturb any remaining transmissions. To intercept or inhibit cellular communications devices are still available more refined, such as IMSI-catcher.
The Cardinals may have bugged him for recording, transmission devices such as mobile phones enable umts, for example during journeys from residence to the Sistine Chapel. “Less fancifully – says Aiello – is without doubt have made a preliminary environmental remediation.”
15:57 The cardinals leave the Domus Santa Marta to move, under close supervision, to the Vatican Apostolic Palace, where at 16.30 will go in procession from the Pauline Chapel Sistine Chapel for entry into the Conclave.
15:33 Dolan, the pope Thursday. The Catholic Church will have its new Pope Thursday is predicting Timothy Dolan, Cardinal Archbishop of New York. “My prediction is a successor of Peter by Thursday evening, with the inaugural Mass on March 19, the Feast of St. Joseph , “wrote the cardinal priests of the archdiocese. The letter was confirmed by a spokesman for Dolan to ABCNews.
15:07 It’s all ready in the Sistine Chapel. The conclave will begin in the afternoon, but everything was already set up for voting.
The long tables under the vaulted frescoed by Michelangelo, where the cardinals sit in conclave, have already been prepared with the “envelope” that will serve in the hours that will be experienced by the cardinals between prayer and ballots.
A folder in red leather with golden borders and papal coat of arms in the center, the Ordo Rituum Conclave bound in green, as well as dark green is the book, the smaller, the Liturgy of the Hours.
Under the Ordo side is the Apostolic Constitution, to always have on hand all the rules for the election. A blue pen comes complete for each cardinal. Everything is aligned and in harmony with the colors of what is one of the artistic wonders of the world.
Each of the 115 cardinal electors `’will also shown on the table, a card, your name and cardinals seem arranged in alphabetical order.
The tables covered with red drapes and brown tablecloths are arranged along the Sistine Chapel in four rows, a little ‘staggered, two right and two left. Behind-the-back chairs with wood and covered with cloth of the same color of light brown cloth over the tables. In the central corridor, just in front of the altar, has already been placed a microphone in the center a small table, equipped with a microphone.
Just outside the separation marble, where there is a walkway with wooden handrail that leads right into the chapel, were also placed sixteen chairs covered in red velvet. They are intended for sergeants who work in the conclave, but that will have to leave at the time of voting.
Placed on a table are the three urns: one to put the vote, one for ballots and one that must be kept available in case some cardinal for health reasons is not able to go to the Sistine Chapel. In this case, the Cardinals’ infirmari “go with that urn in Santa Marta to vote on the spot who can not move. Does not seem to be, however, in the conclave that is about to begin, a situation of this kind.
13:55 At 16:30 as determined by the General Congregation of Cardinals, will be entering the conclave for the election of the Roman Pontiff, as expected Ordo Rituum Conclavis.
From the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, recalls the Vatican press office, preceded by the cross and followed by the Book of the Gospels, the singing of the Litany of the Saints, the 115 cardinal electors make their procession to the Sistine Chapel where, after the singing of the Veni Creator, utter the Oath prescribed Then the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, Monsignor.
Guido Marini, intimate ‘s “Extra omnes” and those who do not participate in the conclave leave the Sistine Chapel. Only the master of Liturgical Celebrations and Cardinal Prosper Grech, meditation, after which they also leave the Sistine Chapel. Thus began the Conclave.
Here is the order of entry of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel.
ORDER OF BISHOPS
RE Cardinal Giovanni Battista – Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, SDB
CARDINALS
PATRIARCHS OF EASTERN RITE – Cardinal Antonios Naguib – RA Card Be’chara Boutros, OMM
ORDER OF PRIESTS –
DANNEELS Cardinal Godfried – MEISNER Cardinal Joachim – Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodrguez – Cardinal Roger Michael MAHONY – Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino – Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte – PULJI Cardinal Vinko – SANDOVAL IGUEZ Cardinal Juan – ROUCO Cardinal Antonio Maria Varela – TETTAMANZI Cardinal Dionigi – PENGO Polycarp Cardinal – Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, OP-RIVERA CARRERA Cardinal Norberto – Cardinal Francis Eugene George, OMI – Cardinal Zenon GROCHOLEWSKI – Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe – Cardinal Walter Kasper – Cardinal Ivan Dias – Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo – Audrys Juozas Bakis Card – ERRZURRIZ BONES Cardinal Francisco Javier – Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, C.SS. R. Cardinal Wilfrid Fox NAPIER, OFM-Rodrguez MARADIAGA Cardinal Andre’s scar, SDB-Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne – HUMMES Cardinal Claudio, OFM – BERGOGLIO Cardinal Jorge Mario, SI-Polycarp Cardinal José da CRUZ – Cardinal Severino Poletto – Cardinal Karl Lehmann – Cardinal Angelo SCOLA – Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie – Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako – Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, OFM – RIGALI Cardinal Justin Francis – Cardinal Ennio Antonelli – Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson – TOPPO Telesphore Placidus Cardinal – Cardinal George Pell – Cardinal Josip BOZANI – PHAM MINH MN Cardinal Jean-Baptiste – BARBARIN Cardinal Philippe – ERD Pe’ter Cardinal – Cardinal Marc OUELLET, PSS-VALLINI Cardinal Agostino – UROSA SAVINO Cardinal Jorge Liberato – Cardinal Jean-Pierre Ricard – Cardinal Antonio Llovera CAIZARES – Cardinal Sean Patrick O’MALLEY, OFM Cap – DZIWISZ Card Stanisaw – CAFFARRA Cardinal Carlo – Cardinal Sean Baptist Brady – MARTNEZ Sistach Cardinal Lluis – Cardinal André Vingt-Trois – BAGNASCO Cardinal Angelo – Adrien SARR-Card The’odore – GRACIAS Cardinal Oswald – Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega – Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo – Cardinal Odilo Pedro SCHERER – NJUE John Cardinal – Cardinal Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga – MONSENGWO PASINYA Laurent Cardinal – Cardinal Paolo Romeo – WUERL Cardinal Donald William – ASSIS Cardinal Raymundo DAMASCENO – Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz – Patabendige Don Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith – Cardinal Reinhard Marx. – Alencherry Cardinal George – COLLINS Cardinal Thomas Christopher – DUKA Cardinal Dominik, OP-EIJK Cardinal Willem Jacobus – Betori Cardinal Joseph – Cardinal Timothy Michael DOLAN – Woelki Card Rainer Maria – Cardinal John TONG HON – THOTTUNKAL Card . Baselios Cleemis – ONAIYEKAN Cardinal John Olorunfemi – SALAZAR Gmez Card Rube’n – TAGLE Cardinal Luis Antonio
ORDER OF DEACONS – TAURAN Cardinal Jean-Louis – NICORA Cardinal Attilio – Cardinal William Joseph Levada – RODE ‘Cardinal Franc, CM-SANDRI Cardinal Leonardo – LAJOLO John Cardinal – Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes – COMASTRI Cardinal Angelo – RYKO Card Stanisaw – FLOUR Cardinal Raffaele, Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB-SDB
– Cardinal Robert Sarah – MONTERISI Francis Cardinal – Cardinal Raymond Leo BURKE – Cardinal Kurt Koch – SARDI Cardinal Paul – Cardinal Mauro Piacenza – DE PAOLIS Card Velasio, CS-RAVASI Cardinal Gianfranco – FILONI Cardinal Fernando – Manuel Monteiro de Castro Card – APRIL y Castell Cardinal Santos – watch Cardinal Antonio Maria – BERTELLO Cardinal Joseph – Coccopalmerio Cardinal Francesco – AVIZ Card Joo BRAZ de – Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien – HEEL Cardinal Domenico – Versaldi Cardinal Joseph – Cardinal James Michael Harvey.
13. 27 Eyes and cameras around the world points, from 19, to the right side of the Vatican Basilica where it was mounted on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, the comiglolo that tells the world the successful, or not, the election of the new pontiff. At that time, in fact, is expected to vote on the end of the first day of the conclave in the Vatican.
A” smoke,” he hinted yesterday, the Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi, that hardly will be able ‘to be white for a short time elapsed for consultation.
From tomorrow, the polls will be four per day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with two smoke. The new pope will have ‘need, however, a quorum of two-thirds of the cardinals, equal to 77 votes.
12. 47 The survey of the Vatican says Scola, the faithful prefer Turkson
11:50 Mass for the election of the Pope is finished. The one hundred and eighty cardinals leave St. Peter’s Basilica in procession. It lasted about 1 hour and 40 minutes.
11:40 Mass is terminado. Benedezione solemn cardinael Angelo Sodano, who presided at the celebration
11:34 Several hundred people, despite the rain, they decided to be in St. Peter’s Square to follow the Mass officiated by the 115 cardinals in the church, in the afternoon will take conclave.Le few people in the square are following the celebration on four giant screens placed at the resignation of Benedict XVI. They are mostly foreign and religious, especially nuns.
11:30 In the Mass to elect the Pope is now the moment of Communion. To distribute to all the faithful in the Basilica of San Pietro there are 110 priests
11:27 They go up to the altar to the moment of the consecration, along with Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean dean that the Mass eligendo `pro ‘, four other cardinals: the Camerlengo Tarcisio Bertone, Giovanni Battista Re, the first order of bishops, the proto-deacon Jean Godfried Danneels-Louis Tauran and the first order of priests.
11:24 The Mass “Pro Eligendo Pontifical” participated among the prelates of the Roman Curia also Monsignor Georg Gaenswein, the faithful secretary of Benedict XVI, on February 28 had followed the Pope in Castel Gandolfo Emeritus and had not appeared in public since then.
As Prefect of the Papal Household, the new archbishop will Gaenswein Conclave today to attend the swearing in of the 115 cardinal electors, then come out from the Sistine Chapel to re-enter after the election of the new Pope to accompany the Benediction Loggia and then follow it from now on all public engagements in the Vatican, in Rome and in Italy.
11:12 continues the celebration. more prayer has been that for the Church to be kept “in truth, holiness, unity and peace,” for the Cardinals’ called to elect the Roman Pontiff “, but also for the peoples of the earth, and that there both justice and solidarity, “the oppressed hatred and violence, anguish and despair,” and for the family of God: these are the five prayer intentions say during Mass “pro eligendo” in San Basica Peter.
10:37 A Conclave short : it is indirectly invoked by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean
“We want to implore the Lord – in fact, says the cardinal in his homily from the altar – that through the pastoral care of the fathers cardinal wants to soon give another Good Shepherd to His Holy Church.”
Sodano emphasizes the very beginning that “this is important hour in Church History,” on which “the Lord watches with love, supporting it on its way through the centuries, enlivening with his Holy Spirit.”
10:33 Sodano “We renew our gratitude to the beloved and venerated Pope Benedict XVI.”
10. 31 Start the homily of Cardinal Sodano
10:30 Mass eligendo pro, which are concelebrating cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica, is in Latin, but some parts are pronounced in other languages: the first reading in English, in Italian Psalm, the second reading in Spanish.
The Gospel is instead sung and spoken in Latin.
There are prayers in French, Swahili (language of many African States), Portuguese, Malayalam (a language spoken in India, especially in Kerala) and German.
10:27 All the aisles of St. Peter’s Basilica, where he is celebrating Mass for the election of the pope, are full. At the top of the altar, after the Cardinals, there are bishops and archbishops.
Here are other clergy, priests, deacons and religious. The basilica is also full of simple faithful
10:21 The liturgy of the word.
10:09 kicks off the set with the sign of the Cross. Latin Mass
9.30 It ‘started the long procession of cardinals before the celebration which will be chaired by Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean
THE DAY
Opens today conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI. After moving to the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican, the cardinals – both octogenarians voters – will participate at 10.00 this morning in St. Peter’s Mass “pro eligendo Pontifice” celebrated by the dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Angelo Sodano.
So at 16:30 will take place the entry in the Conclave and the oath for the election of the Pope, which may follow the first ballot.
The rites this afternoon at 16.15 foresee the coming together of 115 voters in the Pauline Chapel where to 16.30 before the procession through the Sala Regia in order to reach the entrance to the Sistine Chapel.
Here will be the oath, followed by ‘”extra omnes”, that is the formula of the papal master of ceremonies declares that the release of those who do not participate in the Conclave. Follow the “meditation” Cardinal Maltese Prosper Grech. So the first ballot and the wait can “smoke”, which hardly can be white tonight, that indicate the successful election of the new Pope. The day is closed by the recitation of Vespers.
From tomorrow, the polls will be four per day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with two smoke, up to the one from which the new Pope is elected, for which we shall have a quorum of two-thirds of the vote, equal to 77 votes.
