Suspense Grows Over Conclave Date

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Marie5890 said:
Yes, that is what I am hearing/reading as well. Tues, 12th
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Interesting. The feast day of St Gregory the Great. I wonder whether this was any part of the reason to start on that date (and if so, whether it sheds light on what the Cardinals are focusing on). From New Advent:

*At the very outset of his pontificate Gregory published his “Liber pastoralis curae”, or book on the office of a bishop, in which he lays down clearly the lines he considers it his duty to follow. The work, which regards the bishop pre-eminently as the physician of souls, is divided into four parts.

•He points out in the first that only one skilled already as a physician of the soul is fitted to undertake the “supreme rule” of the episcopate.
•In the second he describes how the bishop’s life should be ordered from a spiritual point of view;
•in the third, how he ought to teach and admonish those under him,
•and in the fourth how, in spite of his good works, he ought to bear in mind his own weakness, since the better his work the greater the danger of falling through self-confidence.*
 
Lucky7 said:
Interesting. The feast day of St Gregory the Great. I wonder whether this was any part of the reason to start on that date (and if so, whether it sheds light on what the Cardinals are focusing on). From New Advent:

*At the very outset of his pontificate Gregory published his “Liber pastoralis curae”, or book on the office of a bishop, in which he lays down clearly the lines he considers it his duty to follow. The work, which regards the bishop pre-eminently as the physician of souls, is divided into four parts.

•He points out in the first that only one skilled already as a physician of the soul is fitted to undertake the “supreme rule” of the episcopate.
•In the second he describes how the bishop’s life should be ordered from a spiritual point of view;
•in the third, how he ought to teach and admonish those under him,
•and in the fourth how, in spite of his good works, he ought to bear in mind his own weakness, since the better his work the greater the danger of falling through self-confidence.*
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Well then,

St Gregory the Great, pray for us!!
 
Lucky7 said:
According to the article, this is pretty typical. makes sense.
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Yeah. Since they leave the apartment sealed during the vacancy, that kind of limits the renovations they can do prior to the election. 😛 Plus, I’m sure they want to do what the new pope wants them to do, so it makes sense to wait until he is elected and ask him.
 
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