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Christoph Cardinal Sch??nborn was standing tall among the faithful. Just minutes after John Paul II's funeral ended, the 60-year-old Austrian was moving briskly through a thick crowd along the ancient Borgo Santo Spirito. With his flowing scarlet robes, robust frame and handsome features, the Austrian Cardinal attracted calls of "Cardinale, Cardinale" from several young Italians, even though they seemed not to know which Cardinal he was. But my colleague Jordan Bonfante and I knew, and we followed...
...speaks six languages and possesses unquestioned pastoral skills. He is, in other words, papabile, one of the dozen or so leading contenders to succeed John Paul. "He looks like a Pope," quipped a Vatican official who observed him in the basilica last week. But on Friday the usually accessible Sch??nborn wasn't talking, not even when asked about his feelings on bidding the Pope goodbye. Taking my right hand in his large, soft hands, the cleric leaned closer. "Now is the time," he said in perfect English, "for silence and prayer...
...reluctance to speak publicly is a sign that the campaign for succession begins in earnest this week, with formal and informal talks among the Cardinals, leading up to the April 18 start of the conclave. In fact, once he was clear of the crowds, Sch??nborn spoke quietly on a cell phone for nine minutes as he continued to walk along the cobblestone streets, passing by the Piazza San Agostino, site of the Rome offices of Opus Dei, the powerful conservative lay group that some believe is quietly trying to influence the race, and several of the trattorias where Cardinals...
...urged a greater role for the laity, including women. CHRISTOPH CARDINAL SCHONBORN, Archbishop of Vienna, is regarded in Rome as a brilliant conservative theologian and a smooth parish leader. He was well placed in life to become both: he studied theology under Cardinal Ratzinger, who will surely argue Sch??nborn's case before the conclave, and is the third Cardinal in his family's lineage. As might happen with the Italian Scola, Sch??nborn's relative youth--he is 60--could work against...
...night of German music sung by one of Harvard’s Holden Chapel Choirs, the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, conducted by Kevin Leong. This mixed choir is joined by the Brattle Street Chamber Players, a thirteen person string orchestra. They will play selected works by Bach, Sch??¼tz, Rheinberger, and Herzongenberg. Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum. Tickets $18/14 general; $9/7 students/seniors. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater...