While the last conversations about the freestyle of the new pope are running and rope teams form among the 133 cardinals who have the right to vote, one of them is wrongly “excluded” of the conclave.
“To be honest, I don’t know why I was excluded from the concrete, I don’t understand why” the 79-year-old Kenyan Cardinal John Njue complained to the newspaper “Daily Nation” and denied rumors that he could not participate in the pope elections for health reasons. Njue pointed out that those who participate in the conclave usually receive official invitations from the Vatican, “which was not the case in my case”.
The Kenyan high -quality cladding, which participated in the conclave in March 2013, in which Jorge Mario Bergoglio was chosen, made it clear: “It is not because I am not in Rome. Really, it is difficult to comment.” Njue was Archbishop of Nairobi from 2007 to his retirement in 2021.
Last Friday, the Vatican had announced the names of two cardinals who officially canceled their participation in the upcoming papal elections in the Vatican for health reasons. In addition to Njue (79), Spaniard Antonio Cañizares Lloovera (79) does not participate in the conclave for health reasons, Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni confirmed to journalists. Earlier there had been reports that the Bosnian Cardinal Vinko Puljić had canceled. However, this takes part in the conclave.
Formation of rope teams for the conclave
A real “election campaign” is forbidden in the Vatican. The pope voters commit themselves without any form of agreement or promise before the conclave. But the strict regulations do not prevent the purple carriers from exchanging opinions for the conclave. Groups of cardinals often form on geographical origin and language. The common language facilitates contacts, such as reporting insiders.
The conclave is open in the morning with a mass and prayers. The first round of the elections will take place on Wednesday afternoon after he had moved to the Sixtine Chapel, and in the following days there are two election rounds in the morning and in the afternoon.
Japanese convinced: “candidate from Asia”
In the past few days, various parties said that people would soon agree on a successor for the late Francis. Tokyo’s Archbishop, Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, expects a papal candidate from Asia to the conclave. The Asians are from each other than the Europeans and are therefore able to agree one or two candidates, the cardinal said. He expects a final decision on Friday or Saturday (9 or 10 May), Kikuchi told the daily newspaper “La Repubblica”. A good 20 out of 133 Pause voters come from Asia.
Source: Krone
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