COOPERATORES VERITATIS
The Pope issued the Motu Proprio on the conclave
Cardinal O'Brien resigns......Britain will not be represented in the conclave
Cardinal O'Brien resigns......Britain will not be represented in the conclave
The Pope issued
the Motu Proprio which introduces some changes in the procedures governing the
conclave.
The Conclave
This Motu Proprio
published by the Pope is called: "Norma nonnullas." The text allows
cardinals to anticipate the start of the conclave. "I order that, from the moment the
Apostolic See is lawfully vacant, you should wait for fifteen full days for the
absent before the Conclave, however, leave the College of Cardinals may
anticipate the start of the conclave if it results in the presence of all the
Cardinal electors, as well as the right to extend, if there are serious
reasons, the beginning of the election for a few more days." With
regard to the duty of secrecy on the election of the Pope and the
excommunication for anyone who violates it, now this sentence for the offender
enters the oath of the Cardinals, and it is expressly indicated.
The Scottish
Cardinal Keith O'Brien, the most 'Catholic prelate in the United Kingdom that
had to participate in the conclave decided to resign. He took his decision
after allegations of 'inappropriate behaviour'.
"I will not
participate in the conclave," announced the same O'Brien, "I do not
want the media attention in Rome to focus on me, but on Pope Benedict XVI and
his successor." "Looking at my years of ministry, for the good things
I have been able to do, I thank God for the failures, I apologize to those I
have offended," said the cardinal. The resignation will take effect
immediately.
The Archbishop of
St. Andrews and Edinburgh, known for his intransigence against homosexuality,
has been accused by three priests and a former priest, who reported that they
had been, since 1980, the subject of his 'advances' . Prosecutors had demanded
the immediate resignation of it to prevent him from attending the conclave,
where, in theory, he could be elected to the Chair of Peter.
The Committe of enquiry
Benedict XVI
received in audience this morning at 11:00 the three cardinals of the committee
of inquiry to shed light on the Vatileaks case, Spaniard Julian Herranz, Slovak
Jozef Tomko and Italian Salvatore De Giorgi. The results of the investigations
conducted by the Commission on the issue of the leaks and confidential
documents, with dozens of interviews with personalities of the Roman Curia, are
contained in two files delivered to the Pope in July and December last year.
There has been talk in recent days, in view of the Conclave, the possibility
that the Pope decides to submit the
College of Cardinals to discuss these reports of inquiry.
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