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http://tinyurl.com/7hwgo Cardinals to Resume Voting After First Black Smoke Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:15 AM BST By Philip Pullella and Jane Barrett VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinals head into their first full day of voting for a new pope on Tuesday after an inaugural ballot failed to find a successor to John Paul. Crowds of faithful are expected to flock to St. Peter's Square, their eyes fixed on the Sistine Chapel roof to watch for the stream of smoke that will announce the result of each balloting session, keen to see history in the making. On Monday, thousands of people including the Bank of Italy governor, housewives, pensioners and teenagers waited on tenterhooks for the result of the conclave's first ballot. The smoke came out black, signaling no pope had been elected. The 115 cardinals locked in the conclave will now vote up to four times a day, words of strong doctrine and the solemnity of an oath-swearing ceremony ringing in their ears. Latin chants and organ music accompanied the red-robed cardinals as they processed slowly into the conclave on Monday, laid their hands on the Gospels and swore themselves to secrecy and fidelity to the Church. Then aides and television cameras were ordered out with the Latin command "Extra Omnes" (Everyone Out) and the cardinals locked themselves in under Michelangelo's famed frescos. Before the conclave door shut, the dean of cardinals Joseph Ratzinger urged his fellow electors from around the globe not to listen to the world and its "dictatorship of relativism." He told them the papacy should remain faithful to the teachings of Jesus, who stares down at them from Michelangelo's awesome "Last Judgment" fresco behind the chapel's altar. Ratzinger, who has been the Vatican's doctrinal defender for 23 years, made no mention of the topics that other cardinals and ordinary Catholics say should top the agenda such as poverty, justice, Islam, science, sexual morality and Church reform. Until the cardinals agree on a new pope, their only communication with the outside world will be the smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney -- black when voting sessions end with no result and white when a pontiff is chosen. WISPS OF WHITE, PLUMES OF BLACK The first wisps of smoke to leave the chimney on Monday were a faint white, prompting a loud cheer from faithful and tourists who briefly believed that a pope had already been chosen. But then the smoke quickly turned thick and black. "What a disappointment," said Domenica Tamponi, who had sat out in the square on chairs the Vatican has provided for the waiting masses. She and many of the others in the square planned to come back on Tuesday. With the first, often symbolic, ballot out of the way, cardinals enter Tuesday's session with a clearer idea of the strength of blocs voting for the 265th pope in the Church's 2,000-year history. There is no outright campaigning in the voting sessions but past experience suggests there will be plenty of whispering and candidate-pushing during breaks and meals, especially as the names of "papabili" rise and fall in the ballots. Nothing must be discussed with anybody outside the elite circle, not even with the cooks and confessors waiting on the cardinals in a new hotel within the Vatican walls. To prevent any contact with the outside world, the Sistine Chapel's 16th century frescos have been joined by 21st century anti-bugging devices hidden beneath a false floor. Phones, television, radio and the Internet have all been banned in the hotel to ensure cardinals will not be swayed by the world but will rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit. © Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0Z9NuA/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/wpWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> "[M]y ministry is that of servus servorum Dei." --Pope John Paul II (Ut Unum Sint, no. 88) "And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it." --Matthew 16:18 Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pope-John-Paul-II/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
