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My Guide to the Papal Conclave : Part III (From the election of the new Pope to the Urbi et Orbi blessing by the new Pope)

Part II here : https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.com/2013/03/09/my-guide-to-the-papal-conclave-part-ii-from-the-beginning-to-the-election-of-the-new-pope/

 

1. After the new Pope had accepted his election as Pope and leader of the Roman Catholic Church, there are several scenarios :

 

a. If he is already a bishop : The new Pope will immediately be the Bishop of Rome and leader of the Universal Church, the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle. Then he will immediately accept the homage of the Cardinal-electors gathered in the Conclave, after he changes his cardinal’s robes for the new, white papal robes in the Room of Tears.

b. If he is not yet a bishop : The new Pope will need to be immediately ordained a bishop following the proper order of the Ordination of bishops, and the senior Cardinal Bishop by seniority in the Conclave should be the principal consecrator. The new Pope can only receive homage of the Cardinals after his ordination to the episcopate (after he had been ordained a bishop).

 

2. The new Pope then leaves the Sistine Chapel main hall where the voting took place, into the special ‘Room of Tears’, where three sets of differently-sized white papal robes had been prepared for him to adjust to his size. The new Pope changes from his cardinal’s red robes into the white papal robes and then return to the main hall of the Sistine Chapel.

 

3. The new Pope, after dressed in the white papal robes (with the red mozzetta and the large state stole) will then receive the homage of all the Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel.

 

4. New addition in 2013 Conclave : After the homage, the new Pope will proceed with all the Cardinal-electors from the Sistine Chapel to the Pauline Chapel. The new Pope will enter the Pauline Chapel alone, and pray before the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel.

 

5. In the meanwhile, the most senior Cardinal in the order of deacons, that is the Cardinal Protodeacon (Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran for the 2013 conclave) will then appear at the Loggia or the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to deliver the announcement of the election of a new Pope.

 

The formula :

The Cardinal Protodeacon will first greet the assembled people in St. Peter’s Square and throughout the world (done in 2005 conclave in different languages) :

1. Italian : Fratelli e sorelle carissimi

2. Spanish : Queridísimos hermanos y hermanas

3. French : Bien chers frères et sœurs

4. German : Liebe Brüder und Schwestern

5. English : Dear brothers and sisters

 

Then he continues :

Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum

I announce to you a great joy

 

Habemus Papam!

We have a Pope!

 

Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum

The most eminent and reverend Lord

 

Dominum (New Pope’s first name/baptismal name) Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem (New Pope’s surname)

Lord (New Pope’s first name/baptismal name) Cardinal (New Pope’s surname) of the Holy Roman Church

 

Qui sibi nomen imposuit (New Pope’s chosen regnal name and number)

Who takes for himself the name of (New Pope’s chosen regnal name and number)

 

5. After this, after a moment, the new Pope, led by a processional crucifix, made his appearance at the same balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. He then may deliver his first address as Pope to the people gathered at the Square, and to the world.

 

6. After the address, then the new Pope will give his Urbi et Orbi special blessing (For the city of Rome (Urbi) and the world (Orbi)), with which is attached plenary indulgence, that is the forgiveness of all temporal sins, providing the people participates in full faith and repentance.

 

The text of the Urbi et Orbi blessing (Latin):

Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus: de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.

(Amen)

Precibus et meritis beatæ Mariae semper Virginis, beati Michaelis Archangeli, beati Ioannis Baptistæ, et sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli et omnium Sanctorum misereatur vestri omnipotens Deus; et dimissis omnibus peccatis vestris, perducat vos Iesus Christus ad vitam æternam.

(Amen)

Indulgentiam, absolutionem et remissionem omnium peccatorum vestrorum, spatium verae et fructuosae poenitentiæ, cor semper penitens, et emendationem vitae, gratiam et consolationem Sancti Spiritus; et finalem perseverantiam in bonis operibus tribuat vobis omnipotens et misericors Dominus.

(Amen)

Et benedictio Dei omnipotentis, Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti descendat super vos et maneat semper.

(Amen)

 

Text of Urbi et Orbi blessing (English)

May the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, in whose power and authority we have confidence, intercede on our behalf to the Lord.

(Amen)

Through the prayers and merits of the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, of Blessed Michael the Archangel, of Blessed John the Baptist, and of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, and of all the saints, may Almighty God have mercy on you, and with your sins forgiven, may Jesus Christ lead you into everlasting life.

(Amen)

May the Almighty and merciful Lord grant you indulgence, absolution, and remission of all your sins, time for a true and fruitful penance, an always repentant heart and amendment of life, the grace and consolation of the Holy Spirit, and final perseverance in good works.

(Amen)

And may the blessing of Almighty God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, descend on you and remain with you always.

(Amen)

 

7. Then the new Pope takes his leave of the people, and return inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The long process of electing a new Pope is over, and the new Pope is now in charge in leading God’s Church in his given mission as the Successor of St. Peter the Apostle.

 

8. The Papal Inauguration Mass will take place several days after the election (does not have to be on a Sunday), to allow for the foreign dignitaries invited to the event to be able to arrive, to attend the Papal Inauguration Mass. The new Pope will receive his signs of office in this Inauguration, namely, the pallium and the Ring of the Fisherman. The Papal Inauguration most likely will take place at St. Peter’s Square.

 

9. The new Pope will take possession of his Cathedral, in an enthronement ceremony at the Cathedral of the Diocese of Rome (The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, and contrary to popular perceptions, St. Peter’s Basilica is not a Cathedral). The Cathedral of Rome is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran

Complete name (Latin) : Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Ioannes Baptista et Evangelista in Laterano, Omnium urbis et orbis Ecclesiarum Mater et Caput

Complete name (English) : Archbasilica of the Most Holy Saviour, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint John the Evangelist in Lateran, Head and Mother Church of All the City and the Whole World

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My Guide to the Papal Conclave : Part II (From the beginning of the Conclave to the election of the new Pope)

Part I here : https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.com/2013/03/09/my-guide-to-the-papal-conclave-part-i-from-before-to-the-conclave-to-its-beginning/

 

1. The Conclave begins after selected prayer done by each of the Cardinal-electors, after which then the Cardinal Dean or the senior Cardinal Bishop who is an elector (Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re) who will then ask if there is any need to confirm and re-explain the rules of the Conclave as written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, and the modifications made by the two Motu Proprios released by Pope Benedict XVI, or whether the election can begin immediately without any issue.

If there is no questions raised or no request for reiteration of the rules, then the balloting to elect the new Pope can begin in earnest.

 

2. According to the Apostolic Constitution, Universi Dominici Gregis, the election of the new Pope can only be done by scrutiny, that is through secret ballot, in which each of the Cardinal-electors write the name of the Cardinal or the person the Cardinal-elector wishes to vote for as his candidate for the Papacy.

 

3. Pre-Scrutiny period : Three Cardinal-electors are selected as Scrutineers, another three as Infirmarii, and another three as the Revisers. All selections are done by drawing of lots among the Cardinal-electors. Their duties are :

 

a. Scrutineers : Add up all the votes that the Cardinal-electors have submitted, and if noone obtains two-thirds of the vote, no Pope has been elected, but otherwise, the new Pope had been elected, with a necessary minimum of more than two-thirds of the vote of all the Cardinal-electors (For 2013 conclave, this requires at least 77 votes).

b. Infirmarii : Carry the voting slips for the Cardinal-electors who are sick and therefore unable to attend the voting directly in the Sistine Chapel. Their task is to obtain the votes from the ill Cardinal-electors and then place them in a sealed container and bring the votes back to the Sistine Chapel to be tallied by the Scrutineers with the rest of the votes.

c. Revisers : Revisers act to check the calculation and tallies made by the Scrutineers to ensure that all the calculations are done meticulously, faithfully, and without any modifications or changes.

 

4. Scrutiny Proper : The Cardinal-electors receive two or three ballot slips each, with a blank line representing the place where they should place the name of the person they wish to vote for (only one name allowed, otherwise that ballot is invalid). They write the name, and then they bring it one by one to the receptacle on the Altar of the Sistine Chapel for the votes, in the presence of the Scrutineers, and before they place the ballot slip, they recite the words :

Testor Christum Dominum, qui me iudicaturus est, me eum eligere, quem secundum Deum iudico eligi debere.

I call as my witness Christ the Lord who will be my judge, that my vote is given to the one who before God I think should be elected.

Then they place the ballot slip into the receptacle, and then return to their respective places.

 

5. Once the ballot slips are all collected, the first Scrutineer shake the container to mix the votes, and then the last Scrutineer must count the number of votes inside the receptacle. The number of votes must tally with the number of Cardinal-electors (to avoid double-voting). If the number tallies correctly, the counting of the votes can begin. Otherwise, the votes are burned, and a second vote must immediately be taken.

 

6. For the vote counting, the first Scrutineer take one ballot paper, unfolding it, and taking note the name on the ballot, then pass the ballot to the second Scrutineer, who also takes note the name on the ballot, and then passing the ballot again to the third Scrutineer, who will then read the name on the ballot aloud to all the Cardinal-electors.

Only one ballot paper is allowed in each. If two ballot papers had been folded to make it look like one ballot, then if the name on both papers are the same, they count only as one vote. But if the names are different, they are invalid.

 

7. Once all the ballots are accounted for, and the names in them had been read out, the ballot papers are then secured together with a string to ensure that all the papers are in order, and the total votes are tallied together in order to get the number of votes that particular candidates receive in that voting session.

If no one receives more than two-thirds of the vote, then there is no new Pope elected.

If someone receives more than two-thirds of the vote, then a new Pope had been elected.

 

8. On the first day of the conclave, only one afternoon ballot may be held. Then if there is no Pope elected on that day, four ballots are held in the following days, with two ballot sessions in the morning, and two ballot sessions in the afternoon, until a new Pope is elected when someone receives more than two-thirds of the vote.

 

9. If after three days there had been no Pope elected, the voting session is suspended for maximum of one day to allow time for prayer and reflection among the Cardinal-electors, to allow them to discern carefully on their choices and pray for the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in electing a candidate as the new Pope.

Seven ballots occur afterwards, and if the Conclave has yet been able to elect a new Pope by then, another day is taken for the same break period for prayer, which is then followed by another seven ballots, and then break if the Conclave still yet fails to elect a new Pope, and so on and so forth until the new Pope had been elected.

If until 30 ballots had passed, and no one has been elected as the new Pope, the Cardinal Camerlengo will ask the Cardinal-electors on how to best proceed with the election of the new Pope. With the Motu Proprio released by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007, the provision allowing the Cardinals to go into absolute majority (50% + 1 vote) had been removed, and therefore election will definitely have to be settled with more than two-thirds majority.

After that discussion (after the 30th ballot), the two names with the greatest number of votes will be selected, and if the two names belong to the Cardinal-electors, these two Cardinal-electors lose their right to vote in the next ballot, in which this ballot will only include these two names. The new Pope however has to be still elected by two-thirds majority out of these two names. (This is to avoid a certain group of Cardinal-electors who fail to secure two-thirds majority for their candidate to stall the conclave so that they can elect their candidate by absolute majority as previously allowed by the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, but such provision was removed by Pope Benedict XVI’s 2007 Motu Proprio).

 

10. After two ballots (in the morning, and in the afternoon), the votes from both ballot sessions in the morning or in the afternoon, immediately after the second ballot session (morning/afternoon) is burnt at the special stoves prepared for that purpose. Colouring chemicals are then used to make the smoke either black or white depending whether a new Pope had been elected or not.

The smoke will then come out from the chimney linked to the stoves, which is placed on the roof of the Sistine Chapel, and will be the first sign for the outside world whether a new Pope had been elected. The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica and churches around Rome will also be rung when a new Pope had been elected.

Black smoke (la fumata nera) : No new Pope had been elected, more ballots to go.

White smoke (la fumata bianca) : A new Pope had been elected, and the Conclave has ended.

 

11. When a new Pope had been elected, the Cardinal Dean, or his Vice Dean if the Dean is elected Pope (as the case in 2005 conclave when Cardinal Dean, Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope), or the senior Cardinal Bishop present in the Conclave as an elector (Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re), will then approach the newly elected Pope, and ask him the formula of the acceptance :

Acceptasne electionem de te canonice factam in Summum Pontificem?

Do you accept your canonical election as Supreme Pontiff?

 

He will then answer “Accepto or I accept” if he accepts his election as Pope.

 

Then he will be asked :

Quo nomine vis vocari?

By what name do you wish to be called?

 

The new Pope will then answer the name he wish to be called (Benedict for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI, as there had been 15 other Popes named Benedict before him).

 

The names that the Popes had used in the past two centuries (from 1800) and what they will be like if the new Pope uses them in parenthesis :

1. John (John XXIV)

2. Benedict (Benedict XVII)

3. John Paul (John Paul III)

4. Paul (Paul VII)

5. Pius (Pius XIII)

6. Leo (Leo XIV)

7. Gregory (Gregory XVII)

 

12. After the newly elected Pope accepts his election, the Conclave ends, unless the new Pope says otherwise.

 

Continue to Part III here : https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.com/2013/03/09/my-guide-to-the-papal-conclave-part-iii-from-the-election-of-the-new-pope-to-the-urbi-et-orbi-blessing-by-the-new-pope/

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My Guide to the Papal Conclave : Part I (From before the Conclave to its beginning)

What will happen inside the Conclave, from before the Cardinal-electors enter the Sistine Chapel and be sealed from the outside world, until a new Pope had been elected? Follow the proceedings of the Conclave step-by-step as I explained them here in three parts (Part I, Part II, and Part III) :

 

1. Before the Conclave, the Cardinals gather in the General Congregations, or meetings where they will raise issues and discuss these matters pertaining to the Church, its governance, and many other matters they may want to bring up to attention to the whole College of Cardinals.

Of great importance is also the necessary and wanted qualities in the next Pope, which will therefore allow the Cardinals to make an informed decision on who to elect. Then finally, the General Congregation also decides the date of the Conclave, when they will actually enter the Sistine Chapel and begin the Conclave officially.

The Conclave can begin only after 15 days of the vacancy of the Apostolic See, but must not begin later than 20 days after the vacancy according to the rules governing the Conclave as written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis. However, the provision provided by the Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas allow the Cardinals to begin the Conclave less than 15 days from the date when the Apostolic See became vacant, providing that all the Cardinal-electors that will take part in the Conclave had all arrived in Rome by then.

The Cardinal-electors will also be assigned their rooms in their residence throughout the Conclave period, the Domus Sancta Marthae by the means of random lots.

 

2. Particular Congregations also meet during this period before the Conclave, led by Cardinal leaders elected every 3 days, to discuss issues within specific groups within the College of Cardinals, and to complement the General Congregation meetings.

Unlike the General Congregation meeting which can be attended by Cardinal-electors and non-electors (those above the age of 80) alike, Particular Congregations are only attended by Cardinal-electors, and unlike General Congregation which meets before the Conclave, the Particular Congregations continue into the Conclave.

 

3. Before the Conclave begins, the Cardinals gather and celebrate together the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff or the Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice in St. Peter’s Basilica, to pray for the successful election of the new Pope in the Conclave.

 

4. Then the Cardinals gather in the Pauline Chapel just before the start of the Conclave in complete choir dress (biretta and mozzetta), and then lead by the Cardinal Dean of the College of Cardinals (currently Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who is a non-elector, and therefore he will not join the Conclave after that) or the most senior Cardinal Bishop who is an elector (Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re), they proceed into the Sistine Chapel while singing together the Hymn Veni Creator Spirit, to invoke the Holy Spirit, and also the Litany of the Saints to ask the prayer from the holy Saints of God on the Cardinal-electors in the election of the new Pope.

The Cardinals will proceed in reverse order of precedence, beginning with the most junior Cardinal Deacon, to the most senior Cardinal Deacon, and then the most junior Cardinal Priest, and to the most senior Cardinal Priest, and then the most junior Cardinal Bishop to the most senior Cardinal Bishop. The last will be the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations (Monsignor Guido Marini) and the Cardinal Dean (In 2013 conclave, as the Cardinal Dean, Cardinal Angelo Sodano is over 80 and thus is not an elector, he was replaced with the most senior Cardinal Bishop who is an elector, in this case, Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re).

 

5. Once in the Sistine Chapel, the Cardinal-Dean or the senior Cardinal Bishop-elector will then read out aloud the oath that all the Cardinals have to take, according to the formula written in the Apostolic Constitution, Universi Dominici Gregis, and with the modifications made by the Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas, all the other personnels involved in the Conclave, and sealed inside the Conclave also have to take the same oath. Then the Cardinal-electors by their order of precedence, march one by one to an open Book of the Gospels, to make the oath by touching their hands on the Gospels and solemnly vow to keep the oath.

 

The oath in Latin :

Ego N. N. promitto et iuro me inviolate servaturum esse secretum absolutum cum omnibus quotquot participes non sunt Collegii Cardinalium electorum, hoc quidem in perpetuum, nisi mihi datur expresse peculiaris facultas a novo Pontifice electo eiusve Successoribus, in omnibus quae directe vel indirecte respiciunt suffragia et scrutinia ad novum Pontificem eligendum.

Itemque promitto et iuro me nullo modo in Conclavi usurum esse instrumentis quibuslibet ad vocem transmittendam vel recipiendam aut ad imagines exprimendas quovis modo aptis de iis quae tempore electionis fiunt intra fines Civitatis Vaticanae, atque praecipue de iis quae quolibet modo directe vel indirecte attinent ad negotia coniuncta cum ipsa electione. Declaro me editurum esse ius iurandum utpote qui plane noverim quamlibet eius violationem adducturam esse excommunicationis mihi poenam latae sententiae Sedi Apostolicae reservatae.

Sic me Deus adiuvet et haec sancta Dei Evangelia, quae manu mea tango.

The oath in English :

I, N.N., promise and swear that, unless I should receive a special faculty given expressly by the newly-elected Pontiff or by his successors, I will observe absolute and perpetual secrecy with all who are not part of the College of Cardinal electors concerning all matters directly or indirectly related to the ballots cast and their scrutiny for the election of the Supreme Pontiff.

I likewise promise and swear to refrain from using any audio or video equipment capable of recording anything which takes place during the period of the election within Vatican City, and in particular anything which in any way, directly or indirectly, is related to the process of the election itself.

I declare that I take this oath fully aware that an infraction thereof will incur the penalty of automatic (‘latae sententiae’) excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See.

So help me God and these Holy Gospels which I touch with my hand.

6. After all the Cardinal-electors and the personnel locked inside the Conclave had taken their oath, the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations (Monsignor Guido Marini) will stand at the door of the Sistine Chapel, and all the people not sealed in the Conclave are asked to leave, with the traditional pronouncement, “extra omnes” that means “All/Everybody else, out!”

 

7. The Master of the Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations, Monsignor Marini will stay behind for a while, while the second meditation is delivered by the ecclesiastic chosen to do so (Cardinal Prosper Grech, Cardinal non-elector from Malta) to the Cardinal-electors.

After the second meditation is completed, both the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations and the ecclesiastic will leave the Sistine Chapel, and the Conclave will officially begin, and the Sistine Chapel closed off to all except the Cardinal-electors and those sealed with them during the duration of the Conclave.

 

Continue to Part II here : https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.com/2013/03/09/my-guide-to-the-papal-conclave-part-ii-from-the-beginning-to-the-election-of-the-new-pope/

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Press briefing on the conclusion of the General Congregations of the College of Cardinals

The Ninth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals have been concluded this Saturday morning, 9 March 2013, and as the date of the beginning of the Conclave came closer (Tuesday, 12 March 2013), Fr. Federico Lombardi, head of the Holy See Press Office clarifies certain matters involving the sede vacante period and the upcoming Conclave.

The Conclave will be preceded by a Solemn Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff or the Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice/Papa on Tuesday morning, 12 March 2013 in St. Peter’s Basilica, and then on the same day, Tuesday, in the afternoon, the Cardinals will proceed into the Sistine Chapel to officially begin the Conclave.

The famous chimney which will release the signal whether a new Pope had been elected, had been installed on the roof of the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, after long work by the technicians in the installing the two stoves where the ballots will be burned after the ballots, and the chimney itself, linked directly to the stoves inside the Sistine Chapel.

The Ring of Fisherman, two papal stamps bearing the image of the Ring of the Fisherman, and the master lead seal, also bearing the Ring’s image, which is used for major documents, have been decommissioned by defacement of the Ring’s image, and therefore while the Ring of the Fisherman has not been completely destroyed,

A commission has been created to ensure that the Conclave has indeed been sealed entirely from the outside world, with no external portal of entry and ensuring that no one tampers with the seal of the Conclave until a new Pope had been elected. Strong frequency and signal jammers had also been installed to prevent any wiretapping and bugging of the Sistine Chapel and the areas where the Cardinals will reside throughout the Conclave.

It is noted that if the Conclave has not been successful to elect a new Pope after three full days (a new Pope can only be elected if he receives more than two-thirds of all the votes of the Cardinal-electors, or 77 votes), the voting sessions will be adjourned for a day of prayer and reflection, so that in the event of the upcoming voting sessions, the Cardinals can gain a new inspiration of the Holy Spirit and therefore hopefully elect a new Pope as soon as possible.

The Motu Proprio released earlier by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 has modified the rules of the election as written in the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, as it no longer allows the Cardinal-electors to revert to an absolute majority system once a certain number of days have passed (many days), and the Motu Proprio once again made the election of the new Pope by two-thirds majority alone.

The bells of St. Peter’s Basilica and also the other bells of the churches throughout Rome will also be rung once the new Pope had been elected, just as they were in 2005 conclave, to reinforce and affirm the white smoke signal released through the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.

About 45 minutes or more may pass between the election of the new Pope and his appearance on the Loggia or the balcony of the St. Peter’s Basilica, as there are rites that the new Pope had to go through in the time between, beginning with the acceptance of the election, the entry into the Room of Tears where the Pope will change into his new white Papal cassock, and then homage from all the Cardinals, and of course the announcement of the Habemus Papam by the Cardinal Protodeacon, Jean-Louis Tauran himself, before the new Pope will make his appearance on the balcony.

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Ninth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals : Saturday, 9 March 2013

The ninth and probably the last of the General Congregations of the College of Cardinals will take place on Saturday morning at 9.30 am, 9 March 2013, and may be used as an opportunity to clear up outstanding matters and issues, and to help the Cardinals to affirm what they are looking as the characteristics needed in the new Pope, which they will elect in the Conclave that will begin on Tuesday, 12 March 2013.

Now that the date of the Conclave has already been decided, the remaining matter to be completed is to assign the rooms in the Domus Sancta Marthae where the Cardinals will stay during the duration of the Conclave. The room assignment is done by lots and therefore is random, and may be done in the Ninth General Congregation this morning.

The Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff or the Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice, has also been confirmed to take place at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday morning before the commencement of the Conclave on Tuesday afternoon, when the Cardinals will march into the Sistine Chapel and henceforth be ‘closed-off’ from the outside world until the new Pope is elected.

Fr. Federico Lombardi, head of the Holy See Press Office will give his usual press briefing on Saturday afternoon at 1pm Rome time (1 pm CET // 12 pm UTC // 7 am EST // 4 am PST // 7 pm WIB or UTC+7 // 8 pm Singapore time or UTC+8).

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Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church and their titular churches in Rome

Arranged by the alphabetic order of their last names (surnames) in bold. NE in front indicates Cardinal non-electors, while E indicates Cardinal-electors (in parentheses). Each Cardinals upon their elevation to the College of Cardinals at the consistory are each given a titular church in Rome (essentially parish churches of the Diocese of Rome).

As the Cardinals may likely go and visit their titular churches throughout Rome this Sunday to pray for the election of the new Pope, let us all pray for them, and for those in Rome, or planning to go there, you can pray together with the Cardinals in their titular churches.

 

Thanks to GCatholic site (www.gcatholic.org) for the info on the titular churches of each Cardinals.

 

1. (E) Cardinal Santos Abril y Castello : S. Ponziano (Church of S. Ponziano / St. Pontian)

Address : Via Nicola Festa 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00137

 

2. (E) Cardinal Gerardo Majella Agnelo : S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Address : Piazza Certaldo 85, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00146

 

3. (NE) Cardinal Bernard Agre : S. Giovanni Crisostomo a Monte Sacro Alto

Address : Via Emilio De Marchi 60, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00141

 

4. (NE) Cardinal Gilberto Agustoni : Ss. Urbano e Lorenzo a Prima Porta

Address : Vicolo di Prima Porta 6, Prima Porta, Roma, Lazio 00188

 

5. (E) Cardinal George Alencherry : S. Bernardo alle Terme

Address : Via Torino 94, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

6. (NE) Cardinal Francisco Alvarez Martinez : S. Maria «Regina Pacis» a Monte Verde

Address : Via Maurizio Quadrio 21, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00152

 

7. (E) Cardinal Angelo Amato : S. Maria in Aquiro

Address : Piazza Capranica, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

8. (E) Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo : S. Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli

Address : Via Giulia 151, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

9. (NE) Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini : S. Spirito in Sassia

Address : Via dei Penitenzieri 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00193

 

10. (E) Cardinal Ennio Antonelli : S. Andrea delle Fratte

Address : Via di Sant’Andrea delle Fratte 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

11. (NE) Cardinal Lorenzo Antonetti : S. Agnese in Agone

Address : Via di Santa Maria dell’Anima 30/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

12. (NE) Cardinal Francis Arinze : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Velletri–Segni)

 

13. (NE) Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns : S. Antonio da Padova in Via Tuscolana

Address : Piazza Asti 10, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00182

 

14. (E) Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis : Immacolata al Tiburtino (Chiesa di Santa Maria Immacolata e San Giovanni Berchmans (al Tiburtino))

Address : Via degli Etruschi 36, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

15. (E) Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis : Natività di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo a Via Gallia

Address : Via Urbisaglia 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00183

 

16. (E) Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco : Gran Madre di Dio

Address : Via Cassia 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00191

 

17. (E) Cardinal Philippe Christian Ignace Marie Barbarin : SS. Trinità al Monte Pincio

Address : Piazza Trinità dei Monti 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

18. (NE) Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci : SS. Nomi di Gesù e Maria in Via Lata

Address : Via del Corso 45, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

19. (NE) Cardinal William Wakefield Baum : S. Croce in Via Flaminia

Address : Via Guido Reni 2/D, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00196

 

20. (NE) Cardinal Karl Josef Becker : S. Giuliano Martire

Address : Via Cassia 1036, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00189

 

21. (E) Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio : S. Roberto Bellarmino

Address : Via Panama 13, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

22. (E) Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello : Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia

Address : Via Carlo Alberto 47, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

23. (E) Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbication see of Frascati)

 

24. (E) Cardinal Giuseppe Betori : S. Marcello

Address : Piazza San Marcello 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

25. (NE) Cardinal Giacomo Biffi : Ss. Giovanni Evangelista e Petronio

Address : Via del Mascherone 61, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

26. (E) Cardinal Josip Bozanic : S. Girolamo dei Croati

Address : Via Tomacelli 132, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

27. (E) Cardinal Sean Baptist Brady : Ss. Quirico e Giulitta

Address : Via di Tor de’ Conti 31/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

28. (NE) Cardinal Walter Brandmuller : S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi

Address : Via del Sudario 40, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

29. (E) Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz : S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina

Address : Via Casilina 205, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00176

 

30. (E) Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke : S. Agata de’ Goti

Address : Via Mazzarino 16, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

31. (NE) Cardinal Agostino Cacciavillan : Ss. Angeli Custodi a Città Giardino

Address : Via delle Alpi Apuane 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00141

 

32. (E) Cardinal Carlo Caffarra : S. Giovanni Battista dei Fiorentini

Address : Via Acciaioli 2 (Via Giulia), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

33. (E) Cardinal Domenico Calcagno : SS. Annunciazione della Beata Vergine Maria a Via Ardeatina

Address : Via di Grotta Perfetta 591, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

34. (NE) Cardinal Giovanni Canestri : S. Andrea della Valle

Address : Piazza Vidoni 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

35. (E) Cardinal Antonio Canizares Llovera : S. Pancrazio

Address : Piazza San Pancrazio 5/D, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00152

 

36. (NE) Cardinal Ricardo Maria Carles Gordo : S. Marie Consolatrice al Tiburtino

Address : Via Casal Bertone 80, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00159

 

37. (NE) Cardinal Edward Idris Cassidy : S. Maria in Via Lata

Address : Via del Corso 306, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

38. (NE) Cardinal Dario Castrillon Hoyos : SS. Nome di Maria al Foro Traiano

Address : Foro Traiano 89, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

39. (NE) Cardinal Marco Ce : S. Marco (Basilica di San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio)

Address : Piazza San Marco 48, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

40. (NE) Cardinal Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk : S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Address : Via Santa Bernadette 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00167

 

41. (E) Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne : S. Camillo de Lellis

Address : Via Sallustiana 24, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

42. (NE) Cardinal Edward Bede Clancy : S. Maria in Vallicella

Address : Via del Governo Vecchio 134, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

43. (E) Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio : S. Giuseppe dei Falegnami

Address : Clivo Argentario 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

44. (E) Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins : S. Patrizio

Address : Via Boncompagni 31, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

45. (E) Cardinal Angelo Comastri : S. Salvatore in Lauro

Address : Piazza di San Salvatore in Lauro 15, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

46. (NE) Cardinal Desmond Connell : S. Silvestro in Capite

Address : Piazza di San Silvestro 17/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

47. (NE) Cardinal Giovanni Coppa : S. Lino

Address : Via Cardinale Garampi 60, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00167

 

48. (NE) Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo : S. Maria in Portico

Address : Piazza di Campitelli 9, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

49. (E) Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes : S. Lorenzo in Piscibus

Address : Via Padre Pancrazio Pfeiffer, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00193

 

50. (NE) Cardinal Georges-Marie-Martin Cottier : Ss. Domenico e Sisto

Address : Largo Angelicum 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

51. (E) Cardinal Godried Danneels : S. Anastasia (Basilica di Sant’Anastasia al Palatino)

Address : Piazza di Sant’Anastasia, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

52. (E) Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja : S. Cuore di Maria

Address : Via del Sacro Cuore di Maria 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00197

 

53. (NE) Cardinal Serafim Fernandes de Araujo : S. Luigi Maria Grignion de Montfort

Address : Viale dei Monfortani 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00135

 

54. (NE) Cardinal Salvatore de Giorgi : S. Maria in Ara Coeli

Address : Piazza del Campidoglio 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

55. (E) Cardinal Velasio de Paolis : Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola

Address : Via Luigi Perna 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

56. (NE) Cardinal Emmanuel III Delly : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

57. (E) Cardinal Ivan Dias : Spirito Santo alla Ferratella

Address : Via Rocco Scotellaro 11, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00144

 

58. (E) Cardinal Daniel Nicholas DiNardo : S. Eusebio (Chiesa di Sant’Eusebio all’Esquilino)

Address : Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 12/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

59. (NE) Cardinal Alexandre do Nascimento : S. Marco in Agro Laurentino

Address : Piazza Giuliani e Dalmati 20, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00143

 

60. (E) Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan : Nostra Signora di Guadalupe a Monte Mario

Address : Piazza Nostra Signora di Guadalupe 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00135

 

61. (NE) Cardinal Alexandre Jose Maria dos Santos : S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Address : Via Cavriglia 8, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

62. (E) Cardinal Dominik Duka : Ss. Marcellino e Pietro

Address : Via Labicana 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

63. (E) Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz : S. Maria del Popolo

Address : Piazza del Popolo 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

64. (NE) Cardinal Edward Michael Egan : Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

Address : Piazza dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo 13, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

65. (E) Cardinal Willem Jakobus Eijk : S. Callisto

Address : Piazza di San Calisto 16, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

66. (E) Cardinal Peter Erdo : S. Balbina

Address : Piazza Santa Balbina 8, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

67. (E) Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa : S. Maria della Pace

Address : Arco della Pace 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

68. (NE) Cardinal Jose Manuel Estepa Llaurens : S. Gabriele Arcangelo all’Acqua Traversa

Address : Viale Cortina d’Ampezzo 144, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00135

 

69. (NE) Cardinal Roger Etchegaray : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Porto-Santa Rufina)

 

70. (NE) Cardinal Jose Freire Falcao : S. Luca a Via Prenestina

Address : Via Luchino Dal Verme 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00176

 

71. (E) Cardinal Raffaele Farina : S. Giovanni della Pigna

Address : Vicolo della Minerva 51, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

72. (E) Cardinal Fernando Filoni : Nostra Signora di Coromoto in S. Giovanni di Dio

Address : Largo Nostra Signora di Coromoto 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00151

 

73. (NE) Cardinal Carlo Furno : S. Onofrio

Address : Piazza Sant’Onofrio 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

74. (E) Cardinal Francis Eugene George : S. Bartolomeo all’Isola

Address : Isola Tiberina 22, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

75. (E) Cardinal Oswald Gracias : S. Paolo della Croce a «Corviale»

Address : Via Poggio Verde 319, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00148

 

76. (NE) Cardinal Prosper Grech : S. Maria Goretti

Address : Via di Santa Maria Goretti 29, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00199

 

77. (E) Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski : S. Nicola in Carcere

Address : Via del Teatro di Marcello 46, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

78. (NE) Cardinal Henryk Roman Gulbinowicz : Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa

Address : Via Flaminia 994, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00189

 

79. (E) Cardinal James Michael Harvey : S. Pio V a Villa Carpegna

Address : Largo San Pio V 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

80. (NE) Cardinal Julian Herranz Casado : S. Eugenio

Address : Viale delle Belle Arti 10 (Valle Giulia), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00196

 

81. (E) Cardinal Claudio Hummes : S. Antonio da Padova in Via Merulana

Address : Via Merulana 124, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

82. (NE) Cardinal Lubomyr Husar : S. Sofia a Via Boccea

Address : 478 Via Boccea (Via Cornelia), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00166

 

83. (NE) Cardinal Marian Jaworski : S. Sisto

Address : Piazza Numa Pompilio 8, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

84. (NE) Cardinal Estanislao Esteban Karlic : Beata Maria Addolorata a piazza Buenos Aires

Address : Viale Regina Margherita 81, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

85. (E) Cardinal Walter Kasper : Ognissanti in Via Appia Nuova

Address : Via Appia Nuova 244, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00183

 

86. (NE) Cardinal William Henry Keeler : S. Maria degli Angeli

Address : Via Cernaia 9 (nelle Terme di Diocleziano), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

87. (NE) Cardinal Michael Michai Kitbunchu : S. Lorenzo in Panisperna

Address : Via Panisperna 90, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

88. (E) Cardinal Kurt Koch : Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore

Address : Corso del Rinascimento 27, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

89. (NE) Cardinal Jan Chryzostom Korec : Ss. Fabiano e Venanzio a Villa Fiorelli

Address : Via Terni 92, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00182

 

90. (E) Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo : S. Maria Liberatrice a Monte Testaccio

Address : Via Lorenzo Ghiberti 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

91. (NE) Cardinal Bernard Francis Law : S. Susanna

Address : Via XX Settembre 14, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

92. (E) Cardinal Karl Lehmann : S. Leone I

Address : Via Prenestina 104, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00176

 

93. (E) Cardinal William Joseph Levada : S. Maria in Domnica

Address : Via della Navicella 10, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

94. (E) Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez : S. Pio X alla Balduina

Address : Via Attilio Friggeri 87, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00136

 

95. (NE) Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy : S. Maria delle Grazie alle Fornaci fuori Porta Cavalleggeri

Address : Piazza di Santa Maria alle Fornaci 30, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

96. (NE) Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan : S. Michele Arcangelo

Address : Largo Geltrude Comensoli 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00158

 

97. (NE) Cardinal Franciszek Macharski : S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

Address : Via di Porta Latina 17, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

98. (E) Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony : Ss. Quattro Coronati

Address : Via dei Santi Quattro 20, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

99. (NE) Cardinal Adam Joseph Maida : Ss. Vitale, Valeria, Gervasio e Protasio

Address : Via Nazionale 194/B, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

100. (NE) Cardinal Francesco Marchisano : S. Lucia del Gonfalone

Address : Via dei Banchi Vecchi 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

101. (E) Cardinal Lluis Martinez Sistach : S. Sebastiano alle Catacombe

Address : Via Appia Antica 136, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

102. (NE) Cardinal Eduardo Martinez Somalo : SS. Nome di Gesù

Address : Piazza del Gesù, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

103. (NE) Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino : S. Francesco di Paola ai Monti

Address : Piazza San Francesco di Paola 10, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

104. (E) Cardinal Reinhard Marx : S. Corbiniano

Address : Via Braies 29, Infernetto, Roma, Lazio 00124

 

105. (NE) Cardinal Medardo Joseph Mazombwe : S. Emerenziana a Tor Fiorenza

Address : Via Lucrino 53, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00199

 

106. (NE) Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick : Ss. Nereo ed Achilleo

Address : Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 28, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

107. (NE) Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez : S. Saba

Address : Piazza Gian Lorenzo Bernini 20, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

108. (E) Cardinal Joachim Meisner : S. Pudenziana

Address : Via Urbana 160, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

109. (NE) Cardinal Jorge Maria Mejia : S. Girolamo della Carità

Address : Via Monserrato 62/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

110. (E) Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya : S. Maria «Regina Pacis» in Ostia mare

Address : Piazza Regina Pacis 13, Lido di Ostia, Roma, Lazio 00122

 

111. (E) Cardinal Manuel Monteiro de Castro : S. Domenico di Guzman

Address : Via Vincenzo Marmorale 25, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

112. (E) Cardinal Francesco Monterisi : S. Paolo alla Regola

Address : Via di San Paolo alla Regola 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

113. (NE) Cardinal Lucian Muresan : S. Atanasio

Address : Via del Babuino 149, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

114. (NE) Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor : S. Maria sopra Minerva

Address : Via del Beato Angelico 35, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

115. (E) Cardinal Antonios Naguib : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

116. (NE) Cardinal Stanislaw Nagy : S. Maria della Scala

Address : Piazza della Scala 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

117. (E) Cardinal Wilfird Fox Napier : S. Francesco d’Assisi ad Acilia

Address : Largo Cesidio da Fossa 18, Acilia, Roma, Lazio 00126

 

118. (E) Cardinal Attilio Nicora : S. Filippo Neri in Eurosia

Address : Via delle Sette Chiese 103, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00145

 

119. (E) Cardinal John Njue : Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Address : Via Flaminia 732/T, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00191

 

120. (E) Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz : Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti

Address : Via del Monte Oppio 28, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

121. (E) Cardinal Edwin Frederick O’Brien : S. Sebastiano al Palatino

Address : Via di San Bonaventura 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

122. (E) Cardinal Keith Michael Patrick O’Brien : Ss. Gioacchino ed Anna al Tuscolano

Address : Viale Bruno Rizzieri 120, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00173

 

123. (E) Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley : S. Maria della Vittoria

Address : Via XX Settembre 17, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

124. (NE) Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo : S. Giovanni Evangelista a Spinaceto

Address : Via Raffaele Aversa 44, Spinaceta, Roma, Lazio 00128

 

125. (E) Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie : S. Maria del Monte Carmelo a Mostacciano

Address : Piazza Beata Vergine del Carmelo 10, Torrino, Roma, Lazio 00144

 

126. (E) Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan : S. Saturnino

Address : Via Avigliana 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00199

 

127. (E) Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino : Ss. Aquila e Priscilla

Address : Via Pietro Blaserna 113, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00146

 

128. (E) Cardinal Marc Ouellet : S. Maria in Traspontina

Address : Borgo Sant’Angelo 15, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00193

 

129. (NE) Cardinal Bernard Panafieu : S. Gregorio Barbarigo alle Tre Fontane

Address : Via delle Montagne Rocciose 14, E.U.R., Roma, Lazio 00144

 

130. (NE) Cardinal Laszlo Paskai : S. Teresa al Corso d’Italia

Address : Corso d’Italia 37 (fuori Porta Salaria), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

131. (E) Cardinal Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don : S. Lorenzo in Lucina

Address : Piazza di San Lorenzo in Lucina 16/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

132. (E) Cardinal George Pell : S. Maria Domenica Mazzarello

Address : Piazza Salvatore Galgano 100, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00173

 

133. (E) Cardinal Polycarp Pengo : Nostra Signora de La Salette

Address : Piazza Madonna de La Salette 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00152

 

134. (E) Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh-Man : S. Giustino

Address : Viale Alessandrino 144, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00172

 

135. (E) Cardinal Mauro Piacenza : S. Paolo alle Tre Fontane

Address : Via Laurentina 473, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

136. (NE) Cardinal Simon Ignatius Pimenta : S. Maria «Regina Mundi» a Torre Spaccata

Address : Via Alessandro Barbosi 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00169

 

137. (NE) Cardinal Silvano Piovanelli : S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale

Address : Piazza Santa Maria delle Grazie 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00136

 

138. (E) Cardinal Severino Poletto : S. Giuseppe in Via Trionfale

Address : Via Bernardino Telesio 4/B, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00195

 

139. (E) Cardinal Jose da Cruz Policarpo : S. Antonio in Campo Marzio

Address : Via dei Portoghesi 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

140. (NE) Cardinal Paul Poupard : S. Prassede

Address : Via Santa Prassede 9/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

141. (NE) Cardinal Janis Pujats : S. Silvia

Address : Viale Giuseppe Sirtori 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00149

 

142. (E) Cardinal Vinko Puljic : S. Chiara a Vigna Clara

Address : Via Riccardo Zandonai 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00194

 

143. (E) Cardinal Bechara Pierre Rai : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

144. (E) Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi : S. Giorgio in Velabro

Address : Via del Velabro 19, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

145. (E) Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto)

 

146. (E) Cardinal Jean-Pierre Bernard Ricard : S. Agostino

Address : Via della Scrofa 80, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

147. (E) Cardinal Justin Francis Rigali : S. Prisca

Address : Via di Santa Prisca 11, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

148. (E) Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera : S. Francesco d’Assisi a Ripa Grande

Address : Piazza di San Francesco d’Assisi 88, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

149. (E) Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega : S. Maria della Presentazione

Address : Via di Torrevecchia 1104, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00166

 

150. (E) Cardinal Franc Rode : S. Francesco Saverio alla Garbatella

Address : Via Daniele Comboni 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00154

 

151. (E) Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga : S. Maria della Speranza

Address : Via Francesco Cocco Ortu 19, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

152. (E) Cardinal Paolo Romeo : S. Maria Odigitria dei Siciliani

Address : Via del Tritone 82, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

153. (NE) Cardinal Gaudencio Borbon Rosales : SS. Nome di Maria in Via Latina

Address : Via Centuripe 18/22, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

154. (E) Cardinal Antonio Maria Rouco Varela : S. Lorenzo in Damaso

Address : Piazza della Cancelleria 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

155. (NE) Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz : Trasfigurazione di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo

Address : Piazza della Trasfigurazione 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00151

 

156. (NE) Cardinal Camillo Ruini : S. Agnese fuori le mura

Address : Via Nomentana 349, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00162

 

157. (E) Cardinal Stanislaw Rylko : S. Cuore di Cristo Re

Address : Viale Mazzini 32 (Piazza d’Armi), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00195

 

158. (E) Cardinal Jesus Ruben Salazar Gomez : S. Gerardo Maiella

Address : Via Romolo Balzani 74, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00177

 

159. (E) Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez : Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e S. Filippo Martire

Address : Via Aurelia 675, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

160. (E) Cardinal Leonardo Sandri : Ss. Biagio e Carlo ai Catinari

Address : Piazza Benedetto Cairoli 117, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

161. (E) Cardinal Robert Sarah : S. Giovanni Bosco in Via Tuscolana

Address : Viale dei Salesiani 9 (Via Tuscolana), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00175

 

162. (NE) Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Palestrina)

 

163. (E) Cardinal Paolo Sardi : S. Maria Ausiliatrice in Via Tuscolana

Address : Piazza Santa Maria Ausiliatrice 54 (Via Tuscolana), Roma, Roma, Lazio 00181

 

164. (E) Cardinal Theodore-Adrien Sarr : S. Lucia a Piazza d’Armi

Address : Via di Santa Lucia 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00195

 

165. (NE) Cardinal Eusebio Oscar Scheid : Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Address : Piazza Sant’Alessio 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

166. (E) Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer : S. Andrea al Quirinale

Address : Via del Quirinale 29, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

167. (E) Cardinal Christoph Schonborn : Gesù Divin Lavoratore

Address : Via Oderisi da Gubbio 16, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00146

 

168. (NE) Cardinal Henri Schwery : Ss. Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica

Address : Via Angelo Di Pietro 50, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

169. (E) Cardinal Angelo Scola : Ss. XII Apostoli

Address : Piazza dei Santi Apostoli 51, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

170. (NE) Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani : S. Eustachio

Address : Via di Sant’Eustachio 19, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

171. (E) Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe : Dio Padre misericordioso

Address : Largo Terzo Millennio 8, Tor Tre Teste, Roma, Lazio 00155

 

172. (NE) Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir : No titular church (Cardinal Bishop and Cardinal-Patriarch of the Eastern Catholic Churches)

 

173. (NE) Cardinal Elio Sgreccia : S. Angelo in Pescheria

Address : Via della Tribuna di Campitelli 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

174. (NE) Cardinal Achille Silvestrini : S. Benedetto fuori Porta S. Paolo

Address : Via del Gazometro 23, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00154

 

175. (NE) Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis : S. Clemente

Address : Via Labicana 95, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

176. (NE) Cardinal Angelo Sodano : S. Maria Nuova (Cardinal Bishop of the suburbicarian see of Albano and Ostia, but also given S. Maria Nuova in commendum)

Address : Piazza di Santa Francesca Romana 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

177. (NE) Cardinal James Francis Stafford : S. Pietro in Montorio

Address : Piazza San Pietro in Montorio 2, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

178. (NE) Cardinal Edmund Casimir Szoka : Ss. Andrea e Gregorio al Monte Celio

Address : Piazza San Gregorio 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

179. (E) Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle : S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle

Address : Piazza San Felice da Cantalice, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00172

 

180. (E) Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran : S. Apollinare alle Terme Neroniane-Alessandrine

Address : Piazza Sant’Apollinare 49, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

181. (E) Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval : S. Giovanni Battista de’ Rossi

Address : Via Cesare Baronio 127, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

182. (E) Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi : Ss. Ambrogio e Carlo

Address : Via del Corso 437, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

183. (E) Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal : S. Gregorio VII

Address : Via del Cottolengo 4, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00165

 

184. (NE) Cardinal Jozef Tomko : S. Sabina

Address : Piazza Pietro d’Illiria 1, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00153

 

185. (E) Cardinal John Tong Hon : «Regina Apostolorum» (Basilica di Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola)

Address : Via Antonino Pio 75, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00145

 

186. (NE) Cardinal Ersilio Tonini : SS. Redentore a Valmelaina

Address : Via Monte Ruggero 63, Roma, Roma, Lazio00139

 

187. (E) Cardinal Placidus Telesphore Toppo : S. Cuore di Gesù agonizzante a Vitinia

Address : Via Sant’Arcangelo di Romagna 70, Vitinia, Roma, Lazio 00127

 

188. (NE) Cardinal Roberto Tucci : S. Ignazio di Loyola a Campo Marzio

Address : Via del Caravita 8/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

189. (NE) Cardinal Christian Wiyghan Tumi : Ss. Martiri dell’Uganda a Poggio Ameno

Address : Via Adolfo Ravà 31, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00142

 

190. (E) Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte : Nostra Signora del SS. Sacramento e Santi Martiri Canadesi

Address : Via Giovanni Battista De Rossi 46, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00161

 

191. (E) Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson : S. Liborio

Address : Via Tino Buazzelli 70, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00137

 

192. (E) Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino : S. Maria ai Monti

Address : Via della Madonna dei Monti 41, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

193. (E) Cardinal Agostino Vallini : S. Pier Damiani ai Monti di S. Paolo

Address : Via Guido Biagi 16, Casal Bernocchi, Roma, Lazio 00125

 

194. (NE) Cardinal Albert Vanhoye : S. Maria della Mercede e S. Adriano a Villa Albani

Address : Via Basento 100, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00198

 

195. (E) Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio : S. Cesareo in Palatio

Address : Via di Porta San Sebastiano, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00179

 

196. (E) Cardinal Raul Eduardo Vela Chiriboga : S. Maria in Via

Address : Via del Mortaro 24, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00187

 

197. (E) Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi : S. Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio

Address : Via Marsala 42, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

198. (NE) Cardinal Ricardo Jamin Vidal : Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense

Address : Piazzale dei Santi Pietro e Paolo 8, E.U.R., Roma, Lazio 00144

 

199. (E) Cardinal Andre Armand Vingt-Trois : S. Luigi dei Francesi

Address : Piazza di San Luigi de’ Francesi 5, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00186

 

200. (NE) Cardinal Miloslav Vlk : S. Croce in Gerusalemme

Address : Piazza di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme 12, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00185

 

201. (NE) Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala : S. Ugo

Address : Viale Lina Cavalieri 3, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00139

 

202. (NE) Cardinal Friedrich Wetter : S. Stefano al Monte Celio

Address : Via di Santo Stefano Rotondo, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

203. (NE) Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams : Gesù Divin Maestro alla Pineta Sacchetti

Address : Via Vittorio Montiglio 18, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00168

 

204. (E) Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki : S. Giovanni Maria Vianney

Address : Via Lentini 6, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00133

 

205. (E) Cardinal Donald William Wuerl : S. Pietro in Vincoli

Address : Piazza di San Pietro in Vincoli 4/A, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00184

 

206. (NE) Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun : S. Maria Madre del Redentore a Tor Bella Monaca

Address : Via Duilio Cambellotti 18, Tor Bella Monaca, Roma, Lazio 00133

 

207. (E) Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako : S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina

Address : Via Achille Benedetti 11, Roma, Roma, Lazio 00157

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Seventh General Congregation of the College of Cardinals, and the Eighth (decision on the Conclave date)

During the Seventh General Congregation of the College of Cardinals this Friday morning, 8 March 2013, the College of Cardinals had accepted the letters of the two Cardinals who are unable to attend the Conclave due to health issue (Cardinal Darmaatmadja of Jakarta) and other reasons (Cardinal O’Brien of Scotland, UK), according to the provisions of the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis and the modifications in the Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas.

The morning meeting had also discussed the modifications made on the Article 37 of the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, which deals on the earliest starting date of the Conclave, which originally must be at least 15 days from the Vacancy of the Apostolic See, but then because the modifications made by the Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas, which provided for a waiver of the 15 days waiting period, allow for an earlier start providing all the Cardinal-electors are already in Rome.

As all the Cardinal-electors are already in Rome, they can immediately decide on when to begin the Conclave, which is scheduled to be done and voted in the Eighth General Congregation on Friday afternoon. Fr. Federico Lombardi confirmed that the Conclave will not begin either tomorrow (Saturday) or Sunday. The Conclave is likely to begin either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday (11-13 March 2013)

There will be only one General Congregation session on Saturday morning, that is the Ninth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals. The Cardinals too may go and visit (may not be all of them) their titular Churches in Rome (I will publish the list of the titular Churches for each Cardinals, and if possible, the addresses of each in Rome, in case anyone looking to meet any of the Cardinals in Rome for the Sunday Mass) for Sunday Mass to pray for the election of the new Pope and for the Conclave. Each of the Cardinals are given a titular church in Rome upon his appointment as a Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church.

Cardinal Prosper Grech from Malta, who is a Cardinal non-elector, will be the one giving out the second of the two meditations as mandated by the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, to be given out prior to the beginning of the Conclave.

18 Cardinals spoke in the morning meeting and several inteventions had also been made, on several issues from rules of the Conclave to other matters. Issues covered are bioethics, interreligious dialogue, collegiality, role of the Church in the world, in justice, and others.

A video is shown to the reporters during the press briefing by Fr. Federico Lombardi, head of the Holy See Press Office, on Friday afternoon, on the place where the Cardinal-electors will reside during the duration of the Conclave (currently the Cardinals are staying in different locations in Rome, but will move in to the place after the Conclave begins), which is called Domus Sancta Marthae, commissioned by the late Blessed Pope John Paul II, and was also used in the 2005 Conclave. Shown was the spartan but comfortable lodgings of the Cardinal-electors. The Cardinals will be assigned the rooms randomly.

Add : 220,000 people had ‘adopted’ a Cardinal through the Adopt a Cardinal website, and pray for them during this period.

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College of Cardinals are voting and deciding for the date of the start of the Conclave : this Friday afternoon

Fr. Federico Lombardi had announced that the Cardinals are voting and therefore in the process of deciding the date of the start of the Conclave, most likely in an additional afternoon session, the Eighth General Congregation, on Friday late afternoon today.

The Cardinals had decided in the Sixth General Congregation meeting last evening (Thursday) that there would be two General Congregation sessions today (Friday) in the morning (Seventh) and the afternoon (Eighth), when the Cardinals likely will vote on the date of the start of the Conclave.

The news of the date of the Conclave, if there is any decision reached by today, will be released shortly at Friday evening, 8 March 2013 after 7 pm.

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Seventh General Congregation of the College of Cardinals : Friday, 8 March 2013 at 9.30 am Rome time / CET

The seventh General Congregation of the College of Cardinals will commence in a few hours time at 9.30 am today, Friday, 8 March 2013 in Rome, with all the 115 Cardinal-electors having been present in Rome. The date of the Conclave may be decided in this General Congregation, and if so, the usual scheduled press briefing by Fr. Federico Lombardi of the Holy See Press Office, will announce it (at 1 pm today).

There will be no Eighth General Congregation this afternoon. It is not known yet when the General Congregations will begin again, or when the Mass for the Election of the New Pontiff (Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice) will be held.

Continue praying for our Cardinals, that they will soon be able to come into a conclusion on their discussions and meetings, and filled with the Holy Spirit, will be able to go into the Conclave and with their inspiration, elect a great new Pope as our new shepherd!

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(Update) Summary of the Fifth General Congregation of the College of Cardinals : Thursday, 7 March 2013

http://www.news.va/en/news/general-congregations-with-all-electors-present-st

Rumour had mentioned that the St. Peter’s Basilica is booked for the Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff (Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice), but has been dismissed as untrue by Fr. Federico Lombardi, head of the Holy See Press Office.

152 Cardinals attended the Fifth General Congregation, with 114 Cardinal-electors attending. The last Cardinal-elector to arrive, Cardinal Jean-Baptiste Pham Minh-Man of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam will arrive in time to attend the Sixth General Congregation on Thursday evening.

New Particular Congregation leaders are elected to aid the Camerlengo during this period with term of 3 days each cycle. Particular Congregation is only limited to Cardinal-electors and divided into three groups depending on the orders of the Cardinals (Bishops, priests, or deacons), and also scheduled to meet among themselves for discussions.

1. Cardinal Bishops : Cardinal Bechara Rai (Cardinal-Patriarch)

2. Cardinal Priests : Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Zaire

3. Cardinal Deacons : Cardinal Velasio de Paolis

Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano has also read and sent the letter of condolence to the late Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez.