"Personally," he concluded, "I received the announcement of the Pope's
resignation with great admiration, for its great valour, for the Holy Father's
freedom of spirit and great concern for the responsibility of his ministry.
Benedict XVI has offered
us a great witness of spiritual freedom, of great wisdom in regard to Church
government in today's world."
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DAY BENEDICT XVI WAS ELECTED
VATICAN CITY, 11 February 2013 (VIS) – It will soon be eight years
since 19 April
Subject: VISnews130211
From: Vatican Information Service - Eng - txt
2013, the day that Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, dean of the College of
Cardinals, was elected as Supreme Pontiff, the 264th successor of Peter, and
chose the name
Benedict XVI.
The cardinal proto-deacon, Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, made the solemn
announcement to the people at 6:43pm from the external loggia of the Hall of
Blessings of the Vatican Basilica following the white smoke which occurred at
5:50pm.
Following are the words of Cardinal Medina Estevez:
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum;
habemus Papam;
Eminentissium ac Reverendissium Dominum,
Dominum Josephum
Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem Ratzinger
Qui sibi nomen imposuit Benedictum XVI
(I announce to you with great joy;
We have a Pope;
The most eminent and most reverend Lord,
Lord Joseph
Cardinal of Holy Roman Church Ratzinger
Who has taken the name Benedict XVI)
The conclave that led to the election of Benedict XVI began on Monday, 18
April 2005, in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican Apostolic Palace, with the
"extra omnes" pronounced at 5:25pm by Archbishop Piero Marini, master of the
Liturgical Celebrations
of the Supreme Pontiff, following the taking of the oath by the 115 cardinal
electors.
The first black smoke took place at 8:04pm the same day.
On Tuesday, April 19, there was black smoke at 11:52am.
On Tuesday, April 19, there was white smoke at 5:50pm.
At 6:48pm, the Holy Father Benedict XVI, preceded by the Cross, appeared on
the external loggia to greet the people and to impart the Apostolic Blessing
"Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world).
Prior to the blessing, the new Pontiff addressed the faithful with the
following words:
"Dear Brothers and Sisters,"
"After the great Pope John Paul II, the Lord Cardinals have elected me, a
simple and humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. I am consoled by the
fact that the Lord knows how to act, even with inadequate instruments and
above all I entrust myself
to your prayers. In the joy of the Risen Lord, trusting in His permanent help,
as we go forward the Lord will help us, and His Mother, Mary Most Holy, will
be at our side. Thank you."
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COMPOSITION OF THE CONCLAVE
Vatican City, 11 February 2013 (VIS) – The conclave to elect the
successor of Benedict XVI will be regulated by the "Ordo Rituum Conclavis"
established by John Paul II's apostolic constitution "Universi Dominici
Gregis", para. 27. The Cardinal
Camerlengo, who has a fundamental role during the Sede Vacante period, is
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, appointed by Benedict XVI on 4 April 2007.
The Cardinal electors, by their continents of provenance, will be 61
Europeans, 19 Latin Americans, 14 North Americans, 11 Africans, 11 Asians, and
1 from Oceania. These figures may vary depending on the date that the conclave
opens: for example,
Cardinal Walter Kasper will turn 80 on 5 March. The country with the greatest
number of Cardinal electors is Italy, with 21. Sixty-seven of the electors
were created by Benedict XVI and the remaining 50 by John Paul II.
One of John Paul II's innovations regarding the period of conclave is that
the Cardinal electors?of whom there will be 117 on 28 February?will be housed
in the Vatican residence Casa Santa Marta, which is independent from the place
where they vote,
the Sistine Chapel.
The Cardinal electors must remain in the Vatican during the entire period
of conclave, and no one can approach them when they move from the Sistine
Chapel to their place of residence or vice versa. All forms of communication
with the outside world
are prohibited. As in the past, the Sistine Chapel stove will be used to burn
the ballots after each vote.
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