Vatican decision imminent on date of conclave to elect new Pope

http://www.euronews.com/ After days of meetings in semi-secrecy, the Vatican says it will announce later on Friday the start date of the conclave to elect a new pope.

It has suggested that the date will be either early or in the middle of next week. The 115 cardinals who are eligible to vote for Benedict's successor are currently deciding the precise day.

It is important as some want more time to debate the Catholic Church's problems.

"If you ask me what the date might be that they will decide on, in my opinion it will be one of the first days next week. So they will certainly not decide to start tomorrow or Sunday but they may decide to start Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday," said the Vatican's spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi.

As to the future pope's identity, reports say there are two broad camps: those who want reform of the Church's hierarchy and are rallying round an Italian cardinal, and traditionalists who favour a foreign pontiff under centralised control.

Find us on:
Youtube http://bit.ly/zr3upY
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/euronews.fans
Twitter http://twitter.com/euronews

• Category

  News & Politics

[DevilsAdvocate627]

I have no idea why any woman would want to be part of religion that tells them they must know their place and at the top isn't one of those places.

[Cynthia Wolf]

Prophecies of Malachy say the next pope will be the last ...

[quaresma7besiktas]

fk the pope. ask me!

[Kelly Kenny]

Kelly Kenny for pope..

pointy hats for all (okay, some) and a holy war to rid the planet of monkeys

see the facebook page for the skinny on the next pope, 

[EatSomeHorseShit]

VOTE FOR PEDRO

[nBasterd]

All fucking popes must fucking hang!

[Coyote Man]

I said when the Pope quit 3 weeks ago that there was some scandal having to do with High up priests and gay sex.

Everybody bitched at me and said I was lying because I hated the church.

I love to say I told you so. You people are sooo gullible.

[placeksue]

Let me make MYSELF CLEAR and YOU CAN DO YOUR STUDYING ...DONT BELIEVE ME OR YOUR PROGRAMMED MIND....ALL RELIGIONS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN LUCIFERIAN...religions were to take something good and HERD THE CATTLE...now you are herded by also MONSANTO, HAARP and PROGRAMMED/GREEN SCREENED NEWS...so stop going to a building to worship and start praying, YOUR BODY IS THE TEMPLE, even the new testiment says "were TWO or THREE" are gathered together, there am I...not a stupid billion dollars gold temple of man.

[IgnacioAgramonte]

ITS ALL AN ILLUMINATI WORLD.

[IgnacioAgramonte]

READ MY MESSAGE IN THE ORIGINAL PAGE. WROTE TOO LONG.