In one respect, the papal conclave was on the right track even before it started.
Lombardi said Monday that 4, 300 journalists have been accredited to cover the papal conclave.
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The Vatican is considering calls from cardinals to hold a papal conclave earlier than planned, after Pope Benedict XVI steps down on 28 February.
Cardinal Bergoglio, as he then was, finished second to Benedict at the 2005 papal conclave, so his appointment is neither a revolution nor a surprise.
As it is, Pope Francis already has over 2 million followers on Twitter, and millions more used social media to discuss the Papal Conclave.
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Recently, all eyes have been on the city of Rome while the Papal Conclave convened to elect Pope Francis 1 the new leader of the Catholic Church.
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He was runner-up in the 2005 papal conclave, behind then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, according to a profile by CNN Vatican analyst John Allen published by the National Catholic Reporter.
If there were any statisticians in the Milan dressing room then they may have known that Barcelona had won both of its previous games during a papal conclave.
Between 15 to 20 days after the death of the previous Pope or, as in the case recently announced, after the resignation of a Pope, the Papal Conclave begins.
The yards and meters labels on the scale of a map of Vatican City, which was contained in a World News graphic on Saturday about the papal conclave, were incorrectly reversed.
The Vatican said on Saturday it was considering calls from cardinals to hold the papal conclave earlier than planned, to have a pontiff in place before Holy Week, the most important event in the Christian calendar.
The menu in the lavish surroundings of Vatican City are not as indulgent as one might expect them to be, especially if the meals of the 115 participating cardinals during the papal conclave is anything to go by.
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In the event of a papal resignation, a conclave of cardinals would have to be summoned immediately to elect a successor.
In Honduras, "Rodriguez has long led the pack in terms of moral authority and social influence, " Allen wrote i n a profile ahead of the papal election, or conclave.
Mahony, who will turn 77 later this month, can continue to celebrate the sacraments with no restrictions and can vote in conclave in a papal election until age 80, Tamberg said.
One of the cardinals' most urgent tasks will be setting a date for cardinals to hold a conclave the secret papal election that takes place behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel.
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Austrian Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, also a leading papal contender, said he was going into the conclave still rattled by the fact that his mentor, Benedict, had resigned.
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