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Two cardinals still yet to arrive at pre-conclave meeting

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

The Vatican, Wednesday reported that 153 Cardinals are present at the pre-conclave ‘general congregation’ meetings.

Four cardinals arrived in Rome overnight, three of them cardinal electors, cardinal Lehman from Germany, the Egyptian cardinal Naguib, and from Hong Kong cardinal Tong Hon.

Two cardinals are still to arrive, cardinal Nycz from Warsaw and Vietnamese cardinal Pham.

Cardinal Nycz is due to arrive Wednesday afternoon while Cardinal Pham is scheduled to arrive Thursday.

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Vatican Radio

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