Saturday, March 9, 2013

Cardinal Conclave to Elect new pope begins, Tuesday

Vatican announced that the Cardinal Conclave to elect a new pope will start on Tuesday. Vatican spokesperson said on Friday the cardinals will hold a secret ballot to choose a successor to Benedict the 16th who resigned last month.Hundred fifteen cardinals under the age of 80 from Roman Catholic churches across the world to gather in the conclave to vote at the Sistine Chapel.

Cardinals  secretly  will submit ballots until one man among them receives two-thirds of the vote.The announcement of the start of the election came after five days of discussion among the cardinals. Cardinals  reportedly discussed  about choice of who would be the best-suited to the job, inject reforms of the Catholic Church.

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