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Names to watch out for at Habemus Papam announcement : Angelum, Petrum, Odilonem, Marcum, Aloisium, Christophorum

Whose names to watch out for when Cardinal Protodeacon Jean-Louis Tauran reads out the Habemus Papam (We have a Pope) announcement?

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2013/03/latin-names-of-cardinals-well-hear-one-of-these-from-the-loggia-of-st-peters/ (Thanks to Fr. Z’s blog for the latin names he provided for all the Cardinal-electors – I focused into some of them considered papabili/frontrunner)

 

Here is the announcement text :

 

Annuntio vobis Gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam! Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum.

Dominum (First Name) Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem (Surname).

Qui sibi nomen imposuit (regnal name) (number)

 

At the point when we listen the ‘First Name’ in fact we may already know who is the new Pope.

 

1. Angelum (Angelo) :

Cardinal Angelo Scola, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan

Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Metropolitan Archbishop of Genoa

Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect for the Congregation of the Causes of Saints

Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome

As there are several Angelo considered as Papabili, for Angelum, there is a need to wait for the surname before confirmation. Similarly with Petrum.

 

2. Petrum (Peter) :

Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest

Cardinal Peter Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace

 

But other names are straightforward :

 

3. Odilonem (Odilo) :

Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Paulo

 

4. Marcum (Marc) :

Cardinal Marc Ouellet : Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops

 

5. Aloisium (Alois/Luis) :

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle : Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila

 

6. Christophorum (Christoph) :

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn : Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna

 

7. Ioannem Franciscum (Gianfranco) :

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi : President of the Pontifical Council for Culture

 

8. Timotheum (Timothy) :

Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan : Metropolitan Archbishop of New York

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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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A beautiful, artistic representation of the Sede Vacante with coat-of-arms of the Cardinal Camerlengo, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone

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The Umbrella above the keys (silver and gold) in the place of the usual papal tiara is the symbol of the sede vacante, to represent that the Papacy, the position of the Bishop of Rome is vacant. A more complete version of the symbol is with the coat-of-arms of the Cardinal Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, who is currently the Cardinal Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone of Italy.

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The Cardinal Camerlengo is in charge of the events and governance of the Holy See, and also of the conclave during the sede vacante, until the new Pope is elected. He is also the one entrusted to seal the previous Pope’s private apartments and the destruction of the Ring of the Fisherman.

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Who to watch for in 2013 papal conclave? Scola, Ouellet, Ravasi, Scherer

Scola, Ouellet, Ravasi, Scherer, who you should watch for in the Conclave.

 

Scola (Cardinal Angelo Scola, Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan)

Italian, so that even though he’s not in Curia, he did have experience in Rome, and he is already close to Rome, both in distance and relations. Also close to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,
and he has also done great job in Venice and then Milan, in which
these two archdioceses alone produced 5 popes in the past century

Only Pope Benedict XV and Pope Pius XII were not from these (excluding Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI)

Venice : Pius X, John XXIII, John Paul I
Milan : Pius XI, Paul VI

Also at the forefront of communication with Islam through the publications Oasis he created to reach out to Christians in the Muslim world, and involved in interreligious dialogues.

Scola is also more charismatic than Ouellet and also active in the media via youtube, twitter, his site.

Scola is also a well-known author in bioethics, and certainly is a trait needed for a Pope that will lead the Church in its constant battle against the improper use of Science. Yes to an ethical science, but no to unbridled and uncontrolled use of science!

If the conclave proceeds smoothly, he should be the one elected Pope, within 2 or 3 days from the start of the conclave.

 

Ouellet (Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops)

In the Roman Curia and in charge of the bishops, but with the problem is that his archdiocesan experience is not that good, and the story has come out that the very church and parish we was born into, was no longer there, which is shameful considering the rate of secularisation in the west. Formerly he was the Metropolitan Archbishop of Quebec in Canada.

But so far he has done quite a good job, and quite in line with Pope Benedict XVI, by appointing bishops who are not only known to be good administrators, but more importantly, bishops who are holy, and are steadfast in their faith, with individuals like Archbishop Chaput of Philadelphia and Cardinal Tagle of Manila as example.

 

Ravasi (Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, President of Pontifical Council for Culture)

Ravasi is the forefront in how the Church communicates with social issues and the media, and he has been quite active in twitter, more so than Scola, but his administrative skill has been found rather lacking, since he has only five or six years experience as a bishop and never had any experience in handling major archdioceses or dioceses.

At least Cardinal Ravasi will sure make good use of the social media to help evangelise the faith to many, especially youths. But at the moment, we will also need candidate who are more experienced in administration as well, especially considering the troubles that had befallen the Church in recent years due to some inefficiencies in administration.

 

Scherer (Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, Metropolitan Archbishop of Sao Paulo)

Scherer is rather conservative and as a Latin American, this may boost his chances, but he is quite young and he is not familiar with the curia and with still a relatively short experience as a senior prelate, he needs more experience in managing important archdioceses and other administrative matters.

In addition, the status of Brazil as a country, although having the largest Catholic population in the world, but the rapidly declining number of Catholics in the country as a percentage of the population and the rapidly growing secularisation in the country (also affect the rest of Latin America) may also affect his chances.

 

In fact, this time round, just as it was with the election of Pope Benedict XVI, now our Pope Emeritus, we does have a clear leading papabili, and the number of papabili is in fact not as many as the media mentioned it.

It will not be like the election of Pope John XXIII when there is no clear preferred papabili present, which resulted in the election of Cardinal Angelo Roncalli, later Pope John XXIII as the compromise choice.

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Cardinal Angelo Scola : An intellectual Cardinal with humble backgrounds

Cardinal Angelo Scola, the current Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan, was born in humble, poorer family, with a truck driver as a father, and his mother was a simple housewife. Yet behind that humble origins, lie a powerful intellect and mind, and which in addition to his close friendship with our Pope Benedict XVI made him not only a great pastor and shepherd, but also a great intellectual powerhouse of the Church. He published more than 120 books and works on theology and other matters of the faith, and one of the great writers of the Church like Pope Benedict XVI as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

Cardinal Angelo Scola was made as Bishop of Grosseto in 1991, before appointed as Rector Magnificus of the Pontifical Lateran University in 1995. At the same time, he was also made the president of the Pontifical Institute of John Paul II for Studies on Marriage and Family. In 2002, he was appointed as the Patriarch of Venice, and was made a Cardinal-Priest of Ss. XII Apostoli (Twelve Apostles) in the Consistory of October 2003.

Cardinal Scola was then appointed as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of Milan, the largest archdiocese in Italy and in the world, in June 2011, and received his pallium (symbol of office of the Metropolitan Archbishop) personally from Pope Benedict XVI himself.

Let us pray for Cardinal Scola, that if he is elected as our new Pope, that God will continue to be with him and guide him as He has always done until now. Pray for our Cardinal-electors, that they will make their choice guided by the Holy Spirit to elect a new shepherd for God’s holy people.

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How the Conclave proceeds : A very nice and concise animation!

http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it/en/the-vatican/come-si-elegge-il-papa/

Go and visit this site, which offers a very good and detailed though simple explanations on the way a Conclave proceeds. Not only that it is easy to follow, step-by-step from the beginning of the Conclave to after a new Pope is elected, I believe it’s quite neat too, with all the animations they did for the occasion. Good job Vatican Insider!

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Papabili for the 2013 Papal Conclave (List) : My summary and opinions

Cardinal Angelo Scola : My favourite to be the next Pope. The leading Italian candidate, Archbishop of Milan, and former Patriarch of Venice. He is also a spiritual and intellectual disciple of our beloved Pope Benedict XVI, with similar views on the liturgy. Best person to continue the work that has been started by Pope Benedict XVI on ‘reform of the reform’ and other issues of the faith and the Church.

View his videos, homilies, activities, and Masses at his site : http://angeloscola.it/ and the Youtube page of Archdiocese of Milan at : http://www.youtube.com/user/itleditore

Cardinal Marc Ouellet : Canadian, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, former Primate of Canada and Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Quebec. My second favourite and alternative to Cardinal Scola to be the next Bishop of Rome, and also widely regarded as the top non-Italian and non-European candidate. He is also close to our Pope Benedict XVI in his views and intellectually as well, though may be not as close as Cardinal Scola is. He has done a great job at the Congregation, and has seen the appointment of bishops who are not just good administrators, but also good in intellect and faith as well.

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi : Italian, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture, well-known for his activity in engaging the media and the new media, particularly through the Internet, via Twitter and other social media in the approach for new evangelisation, and also has done great works among the youth, who are the Church’s future. May have chance if Cardinal Scola’s candidacy does not make it. Drawback is that he has less experience, being only less than 3 years as a Cardinal and about 6 years as a bishop, with little experience outside the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone : Italian, Cardinal Secretary of State. The prime Cardinal in the Roman Curia, the second hand of the Pope. He is seen as a strong leader, but many has seen that he is a rather dominating persona, which may be incompatible with the office of the Papacy, and he is also rather too old at 78 going 79 at the end of this year. As Pope Benedict XVI was elected just on his 78th birthday, just like Cardinal Arinze, who is already above 80, the chance of the College of Cardinals to elect someone too old is getting more remote, especially considering the reason for Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to retire and renounce the position as the Bishop of Rome.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan : American, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York. Jovial and lively, reminds me much of Blessed Pope John XXIII. Conservative in issues and outlook. However, being a Cardinal from the world’s only superpower and also the troubles in the American church makes his chances rather slim. However, his youth, his charisma, and his position as the President of the US Catholic Bishops’ Conference may boost his chances to be elected.

Cardinal Raymond Burke : American, Prefect of Supreme Tribunal of Apostolic Signatura (or the Supreme/Chief Justice of the Holy See). Relatively young and traditional, worn the traditional Cardinal dress (galero and cappa magna) and one of the more-traditionally minded Cardinal in the College. Often celebrated the Mass in the Extraordinary Form. May be a good choice for those looking for a more traditional candidate as the next Pope, to continue the ‘reform of the reform’ of Pope Benedict XVI.

Cardinal Christoph Schonborn : Austrian. Metropolitan Archbishop of Vienna. Long seen as the contender for the Papacy, even since the 2005 election. Still rather young at 68 (even younger during the 2005 conclave). However, he is a controversial figure, often recorded with the liturgical abuses (he himself may not mean so, as his funeral Mass for the late Archduke Otto of Austria was done very reverently and liturgically correct), such as the youth Mass with rock concert/party style-Mass and not-so-traditional types of worship, and then with a German currently as the Bishop of Rome, it is less likely that the Cardinals will elect another German as Pope, even though he came from neighbouring Austria.

Cardinal Francis Arinze : Nigerian, Former Prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Often touted recently in the media with Cardinal Peter Turkson, another African (Ghana), due to the intense media bias on the possibility of having an African Pope in this Conclave. Not to be biased, but what the media often reported is not what is the actual happening on the ground. Main problem is, according to Universi Dominici Gregis, although it specifically state that he cannot vote as elector because he is already above 80 of age, he may still be elected, but considering that Pope Benedict XVI has resigned at the age of 85 going 86, the Cardinals will likely want to elect someone in their early 70s like Cardinal Scola or late 60s like Cardinal Ouellet.

Cardinal Peter Turkson : Ghana (Africa), President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Seen by many as a strong contender, but with main issues regarding his frequent gaffes and improper comments regarding Muslim-Christian relations, which is a very important and delicate matter in the Church indeed. He was also censured somewhat for his screening of a clip that showed the rise of Islam in Europe last year, which quite a few Cardinals saw as fearmongering. In addition, his name, Peter, may bring about intense speculation on Petrus Romanus (Peter the Roman) in the Prophecy of St. Malachy on the Popes. Petrus Romanus, being the last Pope, will come at the time near the end of time, heading the Church in the time of persecution (as perhaps told in the Book of Revelations). As this last prophecy is not numbered, it is most likely that St. Malachy purposely did so / the vision given by the Lord purposely did so such that we know what’s going to happen, but not the exact time when the Lord will come again, so that we will always be ready for His coming. So, no, most likely we won’t have a Peter or Pope Peter in this time round. (Addition : Cardinal Turkson has also openly announced that he is ready to be elected if he is. Normally this is frowned, as this is seen as ambition, and incompatible with the will of the Holy Spirit. Remember that the papal conclave is not the same as the US presidential elections or any other secular elections, it is far above that).

Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle : Filipino (Asia), Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila. A young and new Cardinal appointed by the Pope at his last consistory last November. This may be seen by some as the Pope appointing his ‘successor’ but it is actually not so. I myself hope that he will be elected Pope, but not this time, maybe after the next one, and he can have the chance to be the 268th Pope instead (we are electing the 267th Bishop of Rome in this conclave). First is his very young age, and his relative lack of experience in both as a Cardinal and the Archbishop of Manila. I have very high opinions on Cardinal Tagle and was very glad when he was named a Cardinal last year, but to me, let Cardinal Tagle do great works first in Manila for many more years, and then, with all those experiences, then he can become an even better Pope next time.

This list is still incomplete, and I will post additions from time to time. In any case, it is not man to decide who’s the next leader of the Universal Church, the Vicar of Christ. It is Christ Himself, through the Holy Spirit, and thus through the Cardinal-electors inspired by the Spirit who decides. Pray for them, and for the entire Universal Church, and for the whole world. Amen.

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Pope Benedict XVI to canonise 813 Martyrs of Otranto, and religious Mother Laura and Mother Lupita in October 2013

http://www.romereports.com/palio/pope-will-announce-on-monday-date-for-canonization-for-over-800-saints-english-8965.html#.URYtnKWyCWU

Pope Benedict XVI will canonise the blessed Martyrs of Otranto, 813 of them in total, whose skulls can still be seen in the Cathedral of Otranto behind the main altar. These martyrs lost their lives defending their faith during the Ottoman invasion and raid on southern Italy in 1480, 27 years after the fall of Constantinople.

These 813 brave martyrs chose death rather than turning their back on the Lord, and were massacred by the Ottomans by beheading on the hill after refusing conversion to Islam.

Mother Laura and Mother Lupita are Latin American saints-to-be, with Mother Laura being the very first Colombian saint, and Mother Lupita as the second Mexican saint. Mother Laura and Mother Lupita were noted for founding religious congregations, namely Missionaries of St. Mary Immaculate and St. Catherine of Siena, and Handmaids of Saint Margaret Mary and of the Poor respectively.

(Pope Benedict XVI has canonised 45 Saints to date, and with these new 815 Saints, in October 2013, Pope Benedict XVI will have canonised 860 new Saints of the Church. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II canonised 483 Saints during his Pontificate.)

Let us ask the intercession of these holy peoples, that as they are being recognised finally as saints, due to their merits in life, in defending the Faith, all of us too, can follow in their footsteps, in nurturing our faith and love of God. Amen.

(Update : Since Pope Benedict XVI will retire effective at the end of February 2013, we are waiting for the election and confirmation of the next Bishop of Rome to preside over this canonisation ceremony)

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Passing of Cardinal Giovanni Cheli (Italy), President Emeritus of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

http://www.gcatholic.com/hierarchy/data/cardJP2-7.htm#32

Cardinal Giovanni Cheli of Italy, who was the Cardinal Priest of Ss. Cosma e Damiano, passed away at the age of 94, on Friday, 8 February 2013. He was the Pro-President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People from 1986 to 1989, and then as the President from 1989 to 1998.

Let us pray for Cardinal Cheli, that God will indeed welcome him into His heavenly kingdom, and may eternal rest be granted upon him. Requiescat in Pace. Amen.

(College of Cardinals now stands at 209 members, with 118 electors and 91 non-electors (reduced by 1 due to the passing of Cardinal Cheli))