Although the media already speak of “favorites” to be the next pope, the reality that of the 133 cardinals are called to vote, most are not known and many say that “there is no hurry for white smoking, that it is needed.”
The cardinals intercepted the media on Monday when the general congregations of the preparation of the Conclave, which starts on May 7, They do not agree: for some days are needed to meet each other, for others they have had more than a week, there are people who believe it will be short and others who will take ‘the necessary time’.
“It will be a conclave of a few days because we can’t vote for who we don’t know,” says the Cardinal Louis Raphael I SakoPatriarch of the church Caldea de Iraq.
And he explains that it is necessary ‘a pope who knows current society, who knows how to dialogue dialogue, take care of the poor and peace in the world. After Francisco the world continues and every day there is news, the pope has to read the signs of time and not lock himself in his palace. “
The Archbishop of Bogotá, Luis José RuedaAlthough he believes that this week of meetings “has been important”, it also emphasizes that “there would be a little more time” and that also progress Tomorrow, Tuesday they have two sessions tomorrow and afternoon.
The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Fernando Natalio Chomalí GaribHe says that these days have been ‘a wealth’ because it was possible to meet people who work in Mongolia, with the poor, in Latin -America ‘and that it was’ a legacy left by Pope Francis’.
The goal is to “keep listening”, “there is no hurry for white smoking, which takes what is needed,” says Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco, Archbishop of Algiers. “A French pope? They ask:” Even an Algerian would be fine, “said Vesco.
Vesco explains that on the remaining days will continue to talk because “not all cardinals have spoken and everyone should be able to speak. The key is that we continue to listen,” he adds.
Yakarta Cardinal, Ignatius Suharyo HardjoatmodjoOnly arrived last night and will participate in the meetings for the first time today.
For the need for the 133 cardinals to be better knownYounger than 80, who enter the Sistine Chapel to choose the successor to Francisco, they will meet on Monday in two sessions and probably also tomorrow before the start of the conclave on Wednesday morning with the Mass of ‘Pro Chosenando Pontifice’.
Source: EITB
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