Colleagues Cardinals Agree to Send Message Greeting to Benedict XV

HOME'S NEWS IRFAN-VATICAN CITY - The cardinals, who gathered in Synod Hall Konggregrasi prakonklaf at the Vatican, Monday (04/03/2013), agreed to seek an ideal figure to lead the Catholic Pope, Benedict XVI after resigned on February 28, 2013.

Konggregrasi colleagues led by the Dean of Cardinals, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, in the presence of Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Camerlengo, the Cardinal and the Secretary colleague, Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri. The event started around 9:30 am local time and was followed by the 142 cardinals participated, including 103 of 117 voters.

There are a number of cardinals who are not present at the meeting, namely Indonesia Julius Darmaatmadja cardinal, Cardinal O Brien, Cardinal Naguib, Rai Cardinal, Cardinal Meisner, Cardinal Rouco Varela, Cardinal Grocholewski, Cardinal Lehmann, Cardinal Pham Minh Man, Cardinal Sarr, Cardinal Nycz Cardinal Grief, and Cardinal Cardinal Woelki Tong Hon.

According to the Vatican Radio on Tuesday (03/05/2013), the meeting began with the reading of the prayer, and the cardinals cardinal Angelo invited to send a greeting message to Benedict XVI, the suggestion was then approved his colleagues,

He also underlined the importance to be discussed at the meeting is up to date on the latest situation of the Catholic church and the world, as well as the quest for the ideal of a pope or a pope to address the problems experienced by the church and the world.

The Cardinals then took the oath as set out in paragraph 12 of the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici gregis.

The meeting continued with assign three names to be assistant cardinal Camerlengo and form a special congregation. The third name is a cardinal Re to become bishop, Cardinal Sepe for priests and deacons to Cardinal Rode. (Vatican Radio)