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Guiding hands
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Perth stands out in Rome’s farewell to Benedict
This photo of Perth seminarian Mark Baumgarten rocketed around the world’s news agencies and newspapers after it was captured by Reuters photographer Alessandro Bianchi in St Peter’s Square as the Pope led the Angelus on February 17. Mr Baumgarten was among an estimated hundred thousand people who turned out for one of the last official appearances of Pope Benedict. Mr Baumgarten is in his third year of studies for the priesthood as a student at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Transition coverage - Page 12, onwards PHOTO: ALESSANDRO BIANCHI, REUTERS, CNS
Frontrunners, influential prelates, begin to take shape as historic choice looms
Guiding the next conclave
By Cindy Wooden and Francis Rocca WHEREVER journalists and bookmakers may be getting the names on their lists of top candidates for the next Pope, it’s not from the cardinals who will actually vote in the election. Both custom and canon law forbid the cardinals to discuss the matter in such detail with outsiders. Moreover, the true papabili – literally, Pope-ables – are likely to
emerge only after all the worlds’ cardinals – not just the 117 who will be under 80 and eligible to vote – begin meeting at the Vatican in the coming days. One thing is already clear, however: because of their experience and the esteem they enjoy among their peers, certain cardinals are likely to serve as trusted advisers to the rest in the discussions and election. Here, in alphabetical order, are 12 cardinals expected to have a major voice in the deliberations:
l Conventional wisdom has long held that the cardinals will never elect an American pope, lest the leadership of the Church appear to be linked with the United States’ economic and geopolitical dominance. But the extroverted and jocular Cardinal Timothy Dolan, 63, charmed and impressed many in the College of Cardinals in February 2012 when he delivered the main presentation at a meeting Pope Benedict XVI had called to discuss the new evangelisation. The
Pope himself praised the New York Archbishop’s presentation on how to revive the faith in increasingly secular societies as “enthusiastic, joyful and profound”. l Although not a familiar name in the press, Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo of Esztergom-Budapest, 60, is a major figure among his peers in Europe, the Church’s traditional heartland and the region of more than half the cardinal electors. He was elected to a second five-year term as president of the Council of
European Episcopal Conferences in 2011. l Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, 68, is a member of the Society of St Sulpice, whose members are, strictly speaking, diocesan priests but which is normally considered a religious order. Hence, he is one of only 19 members of religious orders among the cardinal electors, who are overwhelmingly diocesan clergy. He is prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, which Please turn to Page 12