Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice/Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff and the beginning of the Conclave

Both events are live from Rome, at Vatican Player, http://www.vatican.va/video/ and I believe are also covered live by several Catholic televisions in the USA, Canada, and other countries.

 

1. Missa pro Eligendo Pontifice / Mass for the Election of the Roman Pontiff

The Cardinals present in Rome, all the Cardinal-electors that will be entering the Conclave, will first gather for a Solemn Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica on Tuesday morning, 12 March 2013 at 10 am Rome time (CET or UTC+1). The Mass will be lead by the Cardinal Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who is a non-elector.

Time in other parts of the world :

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 at 9 am UTC // 4 am EST // 1 am PST // 4 pm WIB or UTC+7 // 5 pm Singapore time or UTC+8

 

2. Beginning of the Conclave : Entry of the Cardinal-electors into the Sistine Chapel

The Cardinal-electors will assemble in Pauline Chapel on Tuesday afternoon, and the event will begin live at 4.30 pm Rome time (CET or UTC+1). The Cardinals will wear their full choir dress and then will proceed into the Sistine Chapel while singing the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus to invoke the Holy Spirit.

Then in the Sistine Chapel, the Cardinal-electors will take their oath, beginning with the senior Cardinal Bishop-elector, Cardinal Giovanni Batista Re, who leads the Conclave, and then the famous ‘extra omnes’ or ‘everybody else out’ order will be said by the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations, Monsignor Guido Marini.

Time in other parts of the world :

Tuesday, 12 March 2013 at 3.30 pm UTC // 10.30 am EST // 7.30 am PST // 11.30 pm WIB or UTC+7 //  Wednesday, 00.30 am Singapore time or UTC+8

Regarding Vatican Player video at www.vatican.va/video/ : How to view past videos

If you have missed the live broadcast of any past Papal events and events involving the Holy See, such as the press conferences in recent days by Fr. Federico Lombardi of the Holy See Press Office, you can access the recording at the Vatican Player site itself at http://www.vatican.va/video/

Instead of picking to watch live at the TV tab above (There are three tabs : Radio, TV, and agenda), pick the agenda tab, and then at the calendar at the right side, pick the date of the event that you like (For example, pick 13 February 2013 for the Ash Wednesday Mass and Pope Benedict XVI’s last public Mass). Then pick the event from the left side out of the list of events that occured that particular day.

Only those that has the TV icon has the recording though. If the TV icon is there, click on it, then click on the other TV icon on the upper-right hand side of the window, and then happy watching!

In addition, the website http://www.benedictxvi.tv/ also has a vast collection of papal videos (Pope Benedict XVI and documentaries of other Popes) available. Do visit and support the site!

Live Holy Mass for the Solemnity of the Presentation of the Lord from the Basilica of St. Peter in Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI

http://www.vatican.va/video/

The Holy Mass for the Solemnity of the Presentation of the Lord, to be celebrated by His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI will begin at 5.20 pm CET (Central European Time/UTC+1) on Saturday, 2 February 2013.

The timing in other time zones :

Saturday, 2 February 2013 – 4.20 pm UTC/GMT

Saturday, 2 February 2013 – 11.20 am EST (Eastern Standard Time/UTC-5)

Saturday, 2 February 2013 – 8.20 am PST (Pacific Standard Time/UTC-8)

Saturday, 2 February 2013 – 11.20 pm WIT (West Indonesian Time/WIB/UTC+7)

Sunday, 3 February 2013 – 00.20 am UTC+8 (for Singapore, Malaysia, HK, and China, and Central Indonesian Time)

If you missed the live Mass, you can see the full recording of the Mass at the same website http://www.vatican.va/video/, pick Agenda, then select the date (2 February 2013), then click at the event (Holy Mass for the Solemnity of the Presentation of the Lord). If there is a TV icon on the event, that means a recording is available for watching. God bless!

+Ut Omnes Unum Sint, ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam+