Word: damaso
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sala Bologna in the Apostolic Palace, where, speaking in Italian or Latin, they handle preparations for the conclave. When the meetings end, usually around 1:30 p.m., the emerging Cardinals form groups of twos and threes and stroll slowly down Raphael's magnificent loggia or across the San Damaso courtyard three stories below. Other conversations take place during evening walks, a common form of ecclesiastical exercise. National and regional groups hold informal caucuses as a matter of course: nine Spanish-speaking Cardinals are living together at the Spanish Pontifical College and most of the Africans at the College...