Second General Congregation of Cardinals held in the Vatican
By Vatican News
The second General Congregation of Cardinals began on Wednesday afternoon in the Synod Hall at about 5:00 PM, and ended at 6:30 PM.
According to the Holy See Press Office, 103 cardinals were present. They began the meeting with the ‘Veni, Sancte Spiritus’ prayer, and then with a prayer in suffrage of 杏MAP导航 Francis.
The Cardinals who were not present at Tuesday's General Congregation were sworn in.
The programme of the Novemdiales, the ancient nine-day period of mourning for the 杏MAP导航, was approved. You can read the programme here.
The next General Congregation will be on Thursday morning at 9:00 AM.
At the first General Congregation, held on Tuesday morning, the Cardinals decided to suspend all scheduled beatifications until the new 杏MAP导航 can approve them.
Moreover, in accordance with the norms of Universi Dominici Gregis, a commission of three Cardinals was selected by lot to assist the Camerlengo in the governance of the Church during the sede vacante.
These three Cardinals represent the three orders of the College of Cardinals and are replaced every three days. The first group of three Cardinals chosen was Pietro Parolin (episcopal order), Stanis?aw Ry?ko (presbyteral order), and Fabio Baggio (diaconal order).
The Holy See Press Office noted that around 20,000 people had paid their respects to the late 杏MAP导航 Francis as of 7:30 PM on Wednesday evening.
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