Monday, April 18, 2005

Black Smoke Emerges, Signaling No New Pope Today

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The New York Times has an interesting article on the first vote and the process leading up to it. The article has been changed since it was originally posted on the web. For example, one paragraph which was deleted stated "Alberto Monticone, a professor of modern history at Lumsa Catholic University in Rome, called [Cardinal Ratzinger's] comments 'a very clear indication of what in his view the attitude of the next pope should be - an an attitude of struggle against these evils of the world.'" Another paragraph that was deleted (it happened to be the most beautiful part in the entire article in my opinion) quoted Brother Felix who was in Rome for studies. He stated "the whole election is a prayer... They pray that their human voting is led from the Holy Spirit."

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