Person: Piero Marini

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The rituals that occur as we wait for white smoke

It’s a ritual as rich in tradition and symbolism as the Catholic Church can muster: secret oaths, hypnotic Gregorian chants, scarlet-decked cardinals filing through the Sistine Chapel — all while the public outside in St Peter’s Square watches for white smoke to learn if it has a new pope.

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Transition period sees vacant See in key players’ hands

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A desire to become a ‘different Church’

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Powerful and humble gather to bid Pope farewell

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Vatican departs from tradition to grant papal wish for election bells

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A million mourners overwhelm the vatican

Cardinals fail to agree date of conclave

THE college of cardinals met for a second day of talks yesterday to prepare for the conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul.

Wed, 06 Apr, 2005

Cardinals still to set date for conclave

The College of Cardinals met for a second day of talks today to prepare for the conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul as tens of thousands of mourners streamed past the late pontiff’s crimson-robed body as it lay in state in St Peter’s Basilica.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2005