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| Saint Peter's - 1st day of the Cardinals' Meetings |
The Cardinals started their preliminary meetings today.
First they took an oath to keep everything they discuss secret. They did announce
that they sent a message to Pope Emeritus Benedict in hope that he will send
them a written message of his own. I assume they thanked him for his years of
service, and they probably also asked him for any advice he could give them.
The Cardinals also announced that they discussed the
procedures of the following days, as well as the new evangelization.
The Cardinal (Manuel Monteiro de Castro, from Portugal) who
gave us a talk at our course on reconciliation this afternoon kept his lips
sealed – he gave his talk and then exited stage left.
12 of the electing cardinals are still absent from Rome, but
they should be arriving between today and tomorrow.
Saint Peter’s Square was oddly silent when I passed by. It’s
a rare sight to see the papal apartment all dark and shuttered up. It’s the
building in the top right of the picture.(the pope’s windows are the last two
on the right, top floor) My last five years here the lights invariably went on
at 6am and turned off at about 10pm.
The Vatican put together a digital tribute in photos to
Benedict. It’s at http://www.vatican.va/phome_en.htm
and makes you really grateful for our years with our simple and humble “German
Shepherd”.
Let’s keep praying for the cardinals.
God bless you all,
Brother Kevin
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