The cardinals of the Catholic Church, who have already been found in Rome, advise on Monday on the election of a new pope. It is the fifth, so called of General since the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday.
It was still unclear how many cardinals would participate in the meeting, which is also known as a pre -concrete. The candidates and potential favorites have been cheerful for days.
The cardinals met in the Vatican in the days before the funeral service and funeral. So far there is still no appointment for the start of the conclusion that strictly protected in the Sistine Chapel. The cardinals can already be announced on Monday when the conclave should start. The earliest possible date would be on 5 or 6 May. Of the 252 cardinals, 135 have to vote because they are younger than 80 years old.
Further hurry to Pope Graf expected
On Monday, countless people are expected again in the grave of Pope Franciscus. Already on Sunday thousands said goodbye in the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Francis was buried on Saturday in the church near the Roman main station. He died a week ago (April 21) at the age of 88.
The third of the nine funeral fairs also take place, which are intended in the so -driven “novendials”. The celebration on Monday at 5 p.m. In St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Baldo Reina, Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome, leads. Cardinal Pietro Parolin led the second funeral mass on Sunday, the Requiem for Francis on Saturday at St. Peter’s Square, Cardinal Dean Giovanni Battista Re Board, was the first of the nine funeral fairs.
A funeral service for the late Pope also takes place in Vienna. The Archbishop Franz Lackner, chairman of the Austrian bishops’ conference, federal president Alexander van der Bellen and federal Chancellor Christian Stocker (ÖVP) participates in the trade fair in St. St.
Source: Krone
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