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Friday, April 22, 11 pm, Vatican City I was rushing out as the crowd was rushing in. It was about six minutes after the bells began to toll over St. Peter's Square, confirming that the smoke was white and we indeed had a Papam. The descending swarm from every direction into the piazza was dazzling, but I was the only soul going in the other direction. This was going to be a case of the reporter missing the experience for the sake of the story. The plan for our three-person team, which included TIME colleagues Jordan Bonfante...
...Tuesday, April 19, 11 pm, Vatican City Romans have an old adage that captures their world-wise acceptance of life's minor calamities: "When a Pope dies," they say, "you find another." Inhabitants of the Eternal City, which has absorbed so much history, apply the metaphor when governments fall or jobs are lost or a bus breaks down. And indeed, as we have witnessed today and over the past two weeks, the Roman Catholic Church remains quite adept at filling a void even as large as the loss of John Paul II. Replacing an absolute monarch without the benefit...
...Monday, April 18, 11 pm, Vatican City Ratzinger Under the Weather Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger has a cold. The sniffles and hoarse voice didn't stop the 78-year-old German from giving a forceful homily this morning in the final public mass before the 115 elector cardinals were locked off from the world. But when I heard him cough, when I saw him reach for a handkerchief from the sleeve of his scarlet vestments, I remembered a conversation I had last week with a Vatican insider convinced that Ratzinger was perfectly positioned to succeed John Paul II. "Anything can happen...
...Sunday, April 17, 8 pm, Vatican City Our Top Ten Papal Candidates
...Saturday, April 16, 10 pm, Vatican City How the Conclave's Duration May Determine its Choice Beyond the question of 'Who? ' is the question of 'When?' Even amid the constant swirl of names of potential papal candidates, we are also trying to figure out how long the conclave might last. The answer to the second question may in fact help to answer the first. For example, a flash conclave that lasts just one or two days (one to five ballots) would most likely mean that one of the clear frontrunners will stride out above St. Peter?s Square...