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Cardinals recognize right to vote of all Cardinal
electors in conclave
The College of Cardinals announces that all 133 Cardinal
electors participating in the upcoming conclave have the right to vote for the
new Pope.
By Vatican News
The Holy See Press Office released a declaration prepared by
the Cardinals gathered in the General Congregation on Wednesday.
The declaration specifies that all Cardinal electors present
in the conclave have the right to vote for the new Pope.
The Cardinals note that paragraph 33 of the apostolic
constitution Universi Dominici Gregis, which governs the conclave,
allows 120 Cardinals to vote.
However, they say, the late Pope Francis dispensed with that
numerical limit by creating more than 120 Cardinals under the age of 80.
Therefore, declare the Cardinals, “the Cardinals exceeding
the set limit have acquired, in accordance with paragraph 36 of the same
Apostolic Constitution, the right to elect the Roman Pontiff, from the moment
of their creation and publication.”
In the same note, the Cardinals express their appreciation
to Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu for deciding not to participate in the
conclave that begins on May 7.
“The Congregation has taken note that he, having at heart
the good of the Church and in order to contribute to the communion and serenity
of the conclave, has communicated his decision not to participate in it,” says
the declaration.
The Cardinals add their hopes that the “competent juridical
bodies may definitively ascertain the facts,” regarding the corruption case
against Cardinal Becciu.
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