While Cardinals from other countries continue to speak informally to media on the streets near the Vatican, the public daily media briefing by US cardinals has been shut down. The cancellation has come at the request of the ‘College of Cardinals’. A spokeswoman for the American cardinals said “concern” was expressed at Wednesday’s closed-door meeting Read more
The Vatican is said not to be amused by a fake bishop, Monday, trying to sneak into secret talks held in preparation to elect a new pope. Vatican spokesman, Fr Federico Lombardi, would not comment on the man’s alleged attempt to enter the general congregations meeting. “All I can say is that everyone seated for the congregation Read more
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. Read more