Pope’s election only by College of Cardinals
The National Catholic Social Communications Centre yesterday said the
election of a Pope is always the responsibility of the College of
Cardinals and there is no prior nomination of candidates.
Issuing a clarification yesterday, National Director and spokesperson
of the Archdiocese of Colombo Rev Fr Benedict Joseph said: “News items
have been broadcast or have appeared in Sri Lanka mentioning names of
possible Cardinal candidates for the Papacy in the announced coming
Conclave and these seem to have been drawn from some international media
sources.
“It is to be clarified that the election of a Pope is always the
responsibility of the College of Cardinals only and it takes place
within the four walls of the conclave. “There is no possibility for any
prior nomination of candidates. As such, what has happened is pure
speculation and has no basis of truth what so ever.”
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