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    VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE   
   YEAR XXIII - N° 53   
   DATE 09-03-2013   
      
   Summary:   
    - CARDINALS PREPARE FOR IMMINENT CONCLAVE   
    - CHIMNEY INSTALLED ON ROOF OF SISTINE CHAPEL TODAY   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
      
   CARDINALS PREPARE FOR IMMINENT CONCLAVE   
   Vatican City, 9 March 2013 (VIS) – “The first order of business of   
   the eighth General Congregation, which met yesterday evening and in which 145   
   cardinals participated, was to vote on the date to begin the Conclave.   
   Cardinal Dean Angelo   
   Sodano, expressing the wishes of all and after having consulted with the   
   Cardinal Carmelengo Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., regarding the preparations at   
   the Domus Sanctae Marthae, proposed the date of Tuesday, 12 March. The   
   overwhelming majority immediately   
   voted in agreement,” reported Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the   
   Holy See Press Office. “There was no difference of opinion between the   
   cardinals and the percentage of votes in favour of to those against was around   
   10 to one.   
   Moreover,” Fr. Lombardi added, “the full complement of Cardinal   
   electors was already reached and it was no longer considered necessary to wait   
   further, as they already had time to reflect on their decision.”   
   Fifteen cardinals intervened during the course of the Congregation and two   
   newly arrived cardinals were sworn in, neither of which is a Cardinal elector:   
   Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., archbishop emeritus of Managua,   
   Nicaragua, and Cardinal   
   Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, archbishop emeritus of Manila, Philippines.   
   During the ninth General Congregation that met this morning, the cardinals   
   spoke about moving into the Domus Sanctae Marthae, which will be their   
   residence for the duration of the Conclave. “It was agreed by majority   
   that the move will take place   
   on Tuesday morning, beginning from 7:00am, that is, the same day that the   
   Conclave begins. A “Pro eligendo Romano Pontifice” Mass will be   
   celebrated by the Cardinal Dean at 10:00am that morning in St. Peter's Square.   
   Rooms were also   
   assigned, by lot.”   
   “This morning 17 cardinals intervened, speaking on the same general   
   themes that have been previously reported, including: expectations regarding   
   the new Pope, activities of the Holy See and its Dicasteries, and improving   
   the Curia. In total, there   
   have been 133 interventions in the General Congregations and, keeping in mind   
   those scheduled for Monday, that number will probably reach 150.”   
   At the end of the press conference, the schedule for the sessions of the   
   Conclave was presented. On Tuesday at 3:45pm, the cardinals will move from the   
   Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Pauline Chapel in the Apostolic Palace. At   
   4:30pm, the cardinals will   
   process from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel and, after they have all   
   taken the oath, the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations will give the   
   order “Extra omnes” for all those not taking part in the Conclave   
   to leave the Sistine   
   Chapel. The cardinals will listen to a meditation given by Cardinal Grech,   
   concerning the grave duty incumbent on them and thus on the need to act with   
   right intention for the good of the Universal Church, after which they will   
   proceed to the first   
   vote. At 7:00pm they will pray Vespers and, at 7:30pm, will return to the   
   Domus Sanctae Marthae.   
   Beginning on Wednesday, 13 March, the cardinals will move from the Domus   
   Sanctae Marthae to the Pauline Chapel at 7:45am where, at 8:15am, they will   
   celebrate Mass. At 9:30am they will enter the Sistine Chapel, pray the Liturgy   
   of the Hours, and proceed   
   to the voting process. Around 12:00pm they will return to the Domus Sanctae   
   Marthae and, after lunch there, will go back to the Sistine Chapel at 4:00pm   
   where they will pray briefly and resume the voting procedure until 7:00pm.   
   This coming Monday, 11 March, all the auxiliary personnel needed to ensure the   
   smooth operations of the Conclave will take the oath of secrecy and those   
   images will be broadcast by Vatican Television.   
   Since there are two votes each morning and afternoon, Fr. Lombardi stated that   
   the 'fumata' (smoke signalling the election or non-election of a pontiff) that   
   is produced from the burning of the ballots from those two voting processes   
   could be expected   
   around 12:00pm, in the case of the morning, or 7:00pm, in the case of the   
   evening, unless the first of the two votes produces an election. In such an   
   instance, the “fumata” would obviously take place earlier.   
   The Director of the Holy See Press Office also recalled the procedure in the   
   case that a pontiff is not elected in the first four days of voting. In such   
   an instance the cardinals will take a pause on the fifth day in order to pray,   
   speak freely among   
   themselves, and listen to a brief exhortation given by the senior cardinal in   
   the Order of Deacons. The scrutinies will proceed in a similar f   
   shion—two days of voting with every third day taken to pause for   
   prayer—until the 34th vote on the   
   afternoon of the eleventh day. In such an event, No. 75 of the Apostolic   
   Constitution "Universi Dominici Gregis" modified by Benedict XVI's recent   
   "Motu Proprio" would apply, which states: “If the balloting mentioned in   
   Nos. 72, 73, and 74 of the   
   aforementioned Constitution does not result in an election, one day shall be   
   dedicated to prayer, reflection and dialogue; in the successive balloting,   
   observing the order established in No. 74 of the same Constitution, only the tw   
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   names which received the greatest number of votes in the previous scrutiny,   
   will have passive voice. There can be no waiving of the requirement that, in   
   these ballots too, for a valid election to take place there must be a clear   
   majority of at least two   
   thirds of the votes of the Cardinals present and voting. In these ballots the   
   two names having passive voice do not have active voice.” That is, the   
   two candidates with the greatest number of votes will be voted for and cannot   
   themselves cast a   
   vote.   
   Fr. Lombardi reported that the commission that, under the direction of the   
   Camerlengo, is responsible for sealing the entrances to the areas of the   
   Conclave and carrying out the other operations necessary for the safeguarding   
   of the Conclave was   
   established. It is led by the Cardinal Camerlengo and among its members are   
   the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, the Commandant of the Swiss   
   Guards, members of the Gendarmerie, and notaries.   
   Finally he reported that the Pope's Fisherman's Ring—which exists in two   
   forms, the ring itself and as a stamp used to seal documents—as well as   
   two stamps—a larger and a smaller one—and the master lead seal of   
   the pontificate   
   were all destroyed, the images scratched out in the form of a cross to render   
   them useless. The next Pope's ring will bear the same image of Peter casting   
   his net but, naturally, will have the new pontiff's name inscribed above the   
   image.   
   It was also communicated that tomorrow, Sunday, 10 March, various cardinals   
   will celebrate Mass at their titular churches, inviting the faithful to pray   
   for the Church and for the election of the new pontiff.   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
      
   CHIMNEY INSTALLED ON ROOF OF SISTINE CHAPEL TODAY   
   Vatican City, 9 March 2013 (VIS) – The chimney on the roof of the   
   Sistine Chapel, which will emit the smoke to indicating the election (white   
   smoke) or non-election (black smoke) of a pope, was installed this morning,   
   three days before the   
   Conclave is scheduled to begin. That, however, is not the only change taking   
   place in the chapel. Vatican Television is recording the preparations and   
   those images are then distributed to all media outlets that request it for   
   broadcasting around the   
   world.   
   Work began on Tuesday, 5 March, at 1:00pm when restorers, electricians,   
   mechanics, carpenters, seamstresses, assemblers, electronic technicians and   
   other labourers from various areas of competence suddenly replaced the   
   hundreds of tourists who visit the   
   Sistine Chapel every day. “The Chapel is closed to the public. We are   
   preparing for the Conclave,” employees respond to the questions asked by   
   perplexed visitors who are trying to finish their tour of the Vatican Museums   
   with a glimpse of   
   Michelangelo's “Creation of Adam”.   
   Journalists are already in the know. The Director of the Holy See Press   
   Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., has been holding daily press conferences,   
   giving a general overview of the proceedings of the General Congregations and   
   explaining the images of   
   the preparations that are being carried out around Vatican City. From within   
   the Sistine Chapel we see scaffolding around the stoves that will burn the   
   ballots to erect the stove pipe that releases the smoke from the roof of the   
   chapel, shorter tubing   
   for the scaffolding that will elevate the floor and create a uniform area to   
   work on, lengths of cloth and the seamstresses sowing them together to create   
   table covers...   
   On Wednesday, 6 March, for example, Vatican Television provided raw video of   
   workers installing a large platform for the chimney and flooring sheets over   
   the original mosaic pavement, both to protect the mosaics and to make it   
   easier to build the   
   elevated floor above it, which will provide the cardinals with an even expanse   
   to walk and work upon.   
   Around the altar, 115 cherry wood chairs have been put in place, each engraved   
   with the name of the cardinal who will occupy it, with 12 wooden tables   
   covered in beige and bordeaux fabric where the cardinals will prepare their   
   ballots. They will cast   
   their votes in front of Michelangelo's fresco of “The Last   
   Judgment” on the wall of the altar.   
   After the chimney is installed it will be submitted to a series of tests using   
   chemicals to emit a yellow smoke so as not to confuse the increased number of   
   passers-by in St. Peter's Square. The chimney is just the last piece of the   
   mechanism that will   
   produce the smoke. The two iron stoves it is attached to were installed   
   yesterday. The first stove, cast in 1938, has the dates of the five Conclaves   
   it has been used in etched upon it—from the one electing Pius XII in   
   1939 until the latest, in   
   2005, when Cardinal Ratzinger became Benedict XVI.   
   This older oven is used to burn the balloting papers. The modern one, equipped   
   with an electronic device, will add the chemicals to produce the black or   
   white smoke indicating the result of the voting until the election occurs.   
   There are two voting   
   sessions planned for each morning and each afternoon that the Conclave   
   continues. At the moment, the chimney is at the centre of the media's   
   curiosity. Next Tuesday afternoon it will hold the attention of millions   
   around the world.   
   Besides the Cardinal electors, the only others who will be present in the   
   Sistine Chapel are the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations and Cardinal   
   Prospero Grech, O.S.A., who will preach the second meditation provided for in   
   No. 13 of the Apostolic   
   Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis” to the Cardinal electors.   
      
   ___________________________________________________________   
      
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 VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE 
YEAR XXIII - N° 53DATE 09-03-2013

Summary:
 - CARDINALS PREPARE FOR IMMINENT   
   CONCLAVE
 - CHIMNEY   
   INSTALLED ON ROOF OF SISTINE CHAPEL TODAY

___________   
   _______________________________________________ 

   
   
CARDINALS PREPARE FOR IMMINENT CONCLAVE
   
   
Vatican City, 9 March 2013 (VIS) – “The first order of business   
   of the eighth General Congregation, which met yesterday evening and in which   
   145 cardinals participated, was to vote on the date to begin the Conclave.   
   Cardinal Dean Angelo   
   Sodano, expressing the wishes of all and after having consulted with the   
   Cardinal Carmelengo Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B., regarding the preparations at   
   the Domus Sanctae Marthae, proposed the date of Tuesday, 12 March. The   
   overwhelming majority immediately   
   voted in agreement,” reported Fr. Federico Lombardi, director of the   
   Holy See Press Office. “There was no difference of opinion between the   
   cardinals and the percentage of votes in favour of to those against was around   
   10 to one.   
   Moreover,” Fr. Lombardi added, “the full complement of Cardinal   
   electors was already reached and it was no longer considered necessary to wait   
   further, as they already had time to reflect on their decision.”
   
   
Fifteen cardinals intervened during the course of the Congregation and two   
   newly arrived cardinals were sworn in, neither of which is a Cardinal elector:   
   Cardinal Miguel Obando Bravo, S.D.B., archbishop emeritus of Managua,   
   Nicaragua, and Cardinal   
   Gaudencio Borbon Rosales, archbishop emeritus of Manila, Philippines.
   
   
During the ninth General Congregation that met this morning, the cardinals   
   spoke about moving into the Domus Sanctae Marthae, which will be their   
   residence for the duration of the Conclave. “It was agreed by majority   
   that the move will take   
   place on Tuesday morning, beginning from 7:00am, that is, the same day that   
   the Conclave begins. A “Pro eligendo Romano Pontifice” Mass will   
   be celebrated by the Cardinal Dean at 10:00am that morning in St. Peter's   
   Square. Rooms were also   
   assigned, by lot.”
   
   
“This morning 17 cardinals intervened, speaking on the same general   
   themes that have been previously reported, including: expectations regarding   
   the new Pope, activities of the Holy See and its Dicasteries, and improving   
   the Curia. In total,   
   there have been 133 interventions in the General Congregations and, keeping in   
   mind those scheduled for Monday, that number will probably reach   
   150.”
   
   
At the end of the press conference, the schedule for the sessions of the   
   Conclave was presented. On Tuesday at 3:45pm, the cardinals will move from the   
   Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Pauline Chapel in the Apostolic Palace. At   
   4:30pm, the cardinals will   
   process from the Pauline Chapel to the Sistine Chapel and, after they have all   
   taken the oath, the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations will give the   
   order “Extra omnes” for all those not taking part in the Conclave   
   to leave the Sistine   
   Chapel. The cardinals will listen to a meditation given by Cardinal Grech,   
   concerning the grave duty incumbent on them and thus on the need to act with   
   right intention for the good of the Universal Church, after which they will   
   proceed to the first   
   vote. At 7:00pm they will pray Vespers and, at 7:30pm, will return to the   
   Domus Sanctae Marthae.
   
   
Beginning on Wednesday, 13 March, the cardinals will move from the Domus   
   Sanctae Marthae to the Pauline Chapel at 7:45am where, at 8:15am, they will   
   celebrate Mass. At 9:30am they will enter the Sistine Chapel, pray the Liturgy   
   of the Hours, and   
   proceed to the voting process. Around 12:00pm they will return to the Domus   
   Sanctae Marthae and, after lunch there, will go back to the Sistine Chapel at   
   4:00pm where they will pray briefly and resume the voting procedure until   
   7:00pm.
   
   
This coming Monday, 11 March, all the auxiliary personnel needed to ensure   
   the smooth operations of the Conclave will take the oath of secrecy and those   
   images will be broadcast by Vatican Television.
   
   
Since there are two votes each morning and afternoon, Fr. Lombardi stated   
   that the 'fumata' (smoke signalling the election or non-election of a pontiff)   
   that is produced from the burning of the ballots from those two voting   
   processes could be   
   expected around 12:00pm, in the case of the morning, or 7:00pm, in the case of   
   the evening, unless the first of the two votes produces an election. In such   
   an instance, the “fumata” would obviously take place earlier.
   
   
The Director of the Holy See Press Office also recalled the procedure in   
   the case that a pontiff is not elected in the first four days of voting. In   
   such an instance the cardinals will take a pause on the fifth day in order to   
   pray, speak freely   
   among themselves, and listen to a brief exhortation given by the senior   
   cardinal in the Order of Deacons. The scrutinies will proceed in a similar   
   fashion—two days of voting with every third day taken to pause for   
   prayer—until the 34th vote   
   on the afternoon of the eleventh day. In such an event, No. 75 of the   
   Apostolic Constitution "Universi Dominici Gregis" modified by Benedict XVI's   
   recent "Motu Proprio" would apply, which states: “If the balloting   
   mentioned in Nos. 72, 73, and 74   
   of the aforementioned Constitution does not result in an election, one day   
   shall be dedicated to prayer, reflection and dialogue; in the successive   
   balloting, observing the order established in No. 74 of the   
   same Constitution, only the two names which received the greatest number of   
   votes in the previous scrutiny, will have passive voice. There can be no   
   waiving of the requirement that, in these ballots too, for a valid election to   
   take place there must be   
   a clear majority of at least two thirds of the votes of the Cardinals present   
   and voting. In these ballots the two names having passive voice do not have   
   active voice.” That is, the two candidates with the greatest number of   
   votes will be voted   
   for and cannot themselves cast a vote.
   
   
Fr. Lombardi reported that the commission that, under the direction of the   
   Camerlengo, is responsible for sealing the entrances to the areas of the   
   Conclave and carrying out the other operations necessary for the safeguarding   
   of the Conclave was   
   established. It is led by the Cardinal Camerlengo and among its members are   
   the Substitute of the Secretariat of State, the Commandant of the Swiss   
   Guards, members of the Gendarmerie, and notaries.
   
   
Finally he reported that the Pope's Fisherman's Ring—which exists in   
   two forms, the ring itself and as a stamp used to seal documents—as well   
   as two stamps—a larger and a smaller one—and the master lead seal   
   of the pontificate   
   were all destroyed, the images scratched out in the form of a cross to render   
   them useless. The next Pope's ring will bear the same image of Peter casting   
   his net but, naturally, will have the new pontiff's name inscribed above the   
   image.
   
   
It was also communicated that tomorrow, Sunday, 10 March, various cardinals   
   will celebrate Mass at their titular churches, inviting the faithful to pray   
   for the Church and for the election of the new pontiff.
   
   
___________________________________________________________ 
   
   
CHIMNEY INSTALLED ON ROOF OF SISTINE CHAPEL TODAY
   
   
Vatican City, 9 March 2013 (VIS) – The chimney on the roof of the   
   Sistine Chapel, which will emit the smoke to indicating the election (white   
   smoke) or non-election (black smoke) of a pope, was installed this morning,   
   three days before the   
   Conclave is scheduled to begin. That, however, is not the only change taking   
   place in the chapel. Vatican Television is recording the preparations and   
   those images are then distributed to all media outlets that request it for   
   broadcasting around the   
   world.
   
   
Work began on Tuesday, 5 March, at 1:00pm when restorers, electricians,   
   mechanics, carpenters, seamstresses, assemblers, electronic technicians and   
   other labourers from various areas of competence suddenly replaced the   
   hundreds of tourists who visit   
   the Sistine Chapel every day. “The Chapel is closed to the public. We   
   are preparing for the Conclave,” employees respond to the questions   
   asked by perplexed visitors who are trying to finish their tour of the Vatican   
   Museums with a glimpse   
   of Michelangelo's “Creation of Adam”.
   
   
Journalists are already in the know. The Director of the Holy See Press   
   Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., has been holding daily press conferences,   
   giving a general overview of the proceedings of the General Congregations and   
   explaining the images   
   of the preparations that are being carried out around Vatican City. From   
   within the Sistine Chapel we see scaffolding around the stoves that will burn   
   the ballots to erect the stove pipe that releases the smoke from the roof of   
   the chapel, shorter   
   tubing for the scaffolding that will elevate the floor and create a uniform   
   area to work on, lengths of cloth and the seamstresses sowing them together to   
   create table covers...
   
   
On Wednesday, 6 March, for example, Vatican Television provided raw video   
   of workers installing a large platform for the chimney and flooring sheets   
   over the original mosaic pavement, both to protect the mosaics and to make it   
   easier to build the   
   elevated floor above it, which will provide the cardinals with an even expanse   
   to walk and work upon.
   
   
Around the altar, 115 cherry wood chairs have been put in place, each   
   engraved with the name of the cardinal who will occupy it, with 12 wooden   
   tables covered in beige and bordeaux fabric where the cardinals will prepare   
   their ballots. They will cast   
   their votes in front of Michelangelo's fresco of “The Last   
   Judgment” on the wall of the altar.
   
   
After the chimney is installed it will be submitted to a series of tests   
   using chemicals to emit a yellow smoke so as not to confuse the increased   
   number of passers-by in St. Peter's Square. The chimney is just the last piece   
   of the mechanism that   
   will produce the smoke. The two iron stoves it is attached to were installed   
   yesterday. The first stove, cast in 1938, has the dates of the five Conclaves   
   it has been used in etched upon it—from the one electing Pius XII in   
   1939 until the latest,   
   in 2005, when Cardinal Ratzinger became Benedict XVI.
   
   
This older oven is used to burn the balloting papers. The modern one,   
   equipped with an electronic device, will add the chemicals to produce the   
   black or white smoke indicating the result of the voting until the election   
   occurs. There are two voting   
   sessions planned for each morning and each afternoon that the Conclave   
   continues. At the moment, the chimney is at the centre of the media's   
   curiosity. Next Tuesday afternoon it will hold the attention of millions   
   around the world.
   
   
Besides the Cardinal electors, the only others who will be present in the   
   Sistine Chapel are the Master of Papal Liturgical Celebrations and Cardinal   
   Prospero Grech, O.S.A., who will preach the second meditation provided for in   
   No. 13 of the   
   Apostolic Constitution “Universi Dominici Gregis” to the Cardinal   
   electors.
   
   
___________________________________________________________ 

   
   Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
   
   sito: