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...closing down just as I arrived. The owners also wanted to be in the piazza for Habemus Papam! And so thanks to them, I would be there too, not watching the press room TV screen, but living the swirl of history that unfolded from that central balcony of St. Peter...
...Rome. Along with being the Vicar of Christ and the Supreme Pontiff of the Church, the pope is also the bishop of this city-and the Romans feel it. Fabrizio Magnani, a 65-year-old real estate broker was on his way to meet a client near St. Peter's when the radio announced white smoke and ringing bells. He parked his car as soon as he could and joined "a river of people" rushing into the Piazza to see who would be the new pontiff. "In Rome, the pope is something all our own," he said, waiting...
...reminded others that he may be too old. But the rest of us are looking for signals everywhere while we wait for the only one that counts: the Sistine's white smoke. As expected, the first puff this evening was black, though the atmosphere in St. Peter's Square was just short of electrifying, with some of the tens of thousands gathered surging closer to the Basilica as the first wisps of smoke came out just after 8 p.m. local time. Tuesday the real drama will begin, as any subsequent vote could be the one to push...
...With no sightings of any dove landings in St. Peter's today, we were left pondering Cardinal Ratzinger's speech from the morning mass, the last sign to the outside world of the 115 electors communicating amongst themselves. Assigned the honor as the dean of the College of Cardinals, Ratzinger gave another homily, like the one delivered at John Paul's funeral last Friday, that was eloquent and direct. Today we saw a side of Ratzinger that was very different from the unifying figure who so gracefully and humbly eulogized the Pope. The message inside St. Peter's was clear...
...hour, the latter seems predominant as bookies grow busier and politicking amongst the cardinals sharpens. Inside the Conclave, which begins on Monday, all of that is supposed to give way to each cardinal?s most holy obligation to seek out the right man to be the 264th successor to Peter. Still, the race today appears no more predictable than it did two weeks ago. But I?ll run the risk of declaring my Top 10 papal candidates, though I?ve included a safety net as No. 5. But not even that is foolproof, since Church law allows that any baptized...