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...Substitute Secretary of State, and Genoa's ultraconservative Giuseppe Siri, 72. After Sunday's first ballot had been completed, Siri quickly showed his strength among Curialists and other conservatives, gaining 46 of the necessary 75 votes on the second ballot. Benelli was second. Blocs of votes went to other Italians???Milan's Giovanni Colombo, the Curia's Sergio Pignedoli, Naples' Corrado Ursi?and scattered votes to other Italians and a few non-Italians...
...deadlock threatened, and as the Cardinals broke for Sunday-night dinner, talk turned to non-Italians???"like spontaneous combustion," says one participant. The germ of the Wojtyla candidacy began overnight with "a word here and a word there," according to another. On Monday morning's fifth ballot, Wojtyla got only a few votes, but they captured attention. Holland's Johannes Willebrands drew a respectable vote, and decided to withdraw in Wojtyla's favor. Wojtyla gained noticeably on the sixth ballot. Over lunch, Wojtyla was so visibly upset by the coalescing forces that his friends feared he might refuse the papacy...
Soon after the "Dean of Cardinals" had voiced his vain hope, there came a crisp announcement from the Holy Office. His Holiness will not raise the plenum of the Sacred College at present. Moreover only two new Cardinals? both Italians???will be created...
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