Mass is primarily sided with Giovanni Batista Re, dean of Cardinals University. This is celebrated on the morning of Conclave’s first day, before the Cardinals are housed in the rooms of Casa Santa Marta and Santa Marta Vecchia, and according to the Kosova Press, they will stay for the period of Conclave.
At 4:20pm, the Electoral Cardinal procession departs Pauline Chapel for the Sistine Chapel where a preliminary operation for Conflave begins and the first vote may take place. After the vote, the first “smoke” is seen, and the colour indicates the result of the vote.
In his sacred (religious speech), the Cardinal emphasized that “the prayer and call of the Holy Spirit is essential to this important act.”
He stated that the Cardinals must act for the good of the Church and humanity, abandon their personal interests, and act with only the good of God and humanity in mind.
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