Papal Conclave - 2007 The Vatican - Habemus Papam... Leo XIV!!!

[12th Doctor]

This is where all the speeches, voting, etc will occur... if you needed any further proof that this thing acctually will happen, here it is.  I should have everything done by tonight and we should be rolling by tomorrow or Wed.

Next time we do this, it shouldn't take nearly as long since, amoung other things, I will already have at least half the non-player Cardinals made up (at most half will be replaced, depending of the length of the papacy of the winner here).

[12th Doctor]

Announcer: … and as you can see, again the Cardinals are assembling in the Hall of Blessings at St. Peter’s.  This is traditional.  This is done before, as we mentioned previously, before they walk, in procession to the Sistine Chapel where the secret balloting will take place.

*Cardinals start moving forward*

Announcer: And we can now see the procession is moving towards the Chapel.  They are being led by Cardinal Dean LaCroix , who is also the Prefect of the Doctrine of Faith, which was the post held by Benedict XVI before his elevation to the Papacy and on that theme we will now turn to Richard McBrien, author of Lives of the Popes and many other books on the Catholic Church.  Mr. McBrien, thanks for joining us.

McBrien:  Thank you.

Announcer:  I’ll start out with the first and most obvious question.  What are some of the factors weighing on the minds of the Cardinals in this Conclave?

McBrien:  Well, first off, Vatican II is still an important issue in the Catholic Church, even now, 40 years later.  Many people in the Church feel like the nature of the reforms, how wide sweeping they should be, has not been fully nailed down yet.  Both Popes John XXIII, whom I regard as being the model Pope, and Paul XI took many steps towards liberalizing the Church.  Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI were both of the mind that some control needed to be restored to the Church, and they started to reign in a number of those reforms and tried to lock them down.  There are prominent Cardinals on both sides of this issue.

Another very important issue in this Conclave is the expansion of the Church into lands that are not traditional Christian.  This expansion of the Church, combined with its declining status in many Western countries is going to be foremost in the mind of the electors who are involved.

*Goes to shot of inside of the Sistine Chapel, electors are beginning to sit down*

Announcer:  The Cardinal Electors are being seated now.  We want to ask just one quick question of you before proceedings continue.  How is this election different from that which elected Benedict XVI two years ago?

McBrien:  Well, first of all, Benedict’s death came as more of a shock.  There was a “stealth campaign” even before John Paul II’s death to subtly organize support behind Cardinal Ratzinger.  Benedict was chosen as a safe choice and while no one expected to have to be back here this quickly, I think they have been thinking, in the back of their minds about who they want to succeed him.  That being said, I doubt there has been anytime at all to put together any kind of seriously organized effort behind any one candidate, so I expect that we will see a more wide-open Conclave here, which might produce a more surprising result.

Announcer:  Well, thank you Mr. McBrien, we will be hearing more from you later in process.

McBrien:  You bet.

Announcer:  We will now listen to the Vienna Boys Choir sing the hymn Veni Creator Spiritus a classic Gregorian Chant.

*hymn sung*

Announcer:  And now, Cardinal LaCroix will speak to the College of Cardinal, and to the world.  We will translate for you.

LaCroix:  May the Holy Spirit be with us today and for all the days to come.  I ask, each of you, to pray earnestly for the guidance of the Spirit in making casting your votes.  I know that no man can fully put aside his prejudices, his doubts or his past in making his decisions in life, but I would hope that each of you makes an honest effort to listen to the direction of the Father and our Lord Jesus, through the Spirit.  Should one of you be chosen, I ask you to remember the words and teachings of John Paul II.  “Be not afraid and go forward knowing that God is with you.”  God Bless us all.

Archbishop Jan Larsen: Extra omnes!

Announcer: And that is Archbishop Larsen, Master of Papal Ceremonies, giving the traditional order, “everybody out”.  All the non-Cardinals, including Archbishop Larsen himself, must now leave.  So our cameras are off inside the Chapel, but our coverage of the events will, obviously continue.

[12th Doctor]

The first order of business before the Cardinals will be to vote on whether or not the tradition of total seclusion from the media will be observed in this Conclave.  Voting will now begin.  "Yea" enforces the ban.  "Nay" disposes of it for this conclave.  Keep in mind, this still won't allow the media in the Sistine Chapel.

From there, we will move to any opening remarks that any Cardinals may wish to make, but such remarks will be limited to a few sentances, as, per Cannon Law, we must have one ballot completed before the end of this day, which is within 5 hours.  The voting may proceed.

[Gabu]

Nay.

[Bono]

Yea.

[Gustaf]

Nay.

[Јas]

Yea

[Keystone Phil]

Yea

[bullmoose88]

Yea

[Josh/Devilman88]

Yea

[ilikeverin]

Yea

[Bacon King]

Yea.

[Flying Dog]

Yea

[Colin]

Nay

[7,052,770]

Nay

[J. J.]

Yea.

[Jake]

Nay

[Akno21]

Nay

[12th Doctor]

Nay

Ummmm... I appologize, but your not in this one.  As I said, I welcome your participation in the next one, but for this one, I couldn't fit you in.

[Yates]

Yea.

[Akno21]

Nay

Ummmm... I appologize, but your not in this one.  As I said, I welcome your participation in the next one, but for this one, I couldn't fit you in.

Sorry, my fault. I'd filled out the forms so I thought I was in, but it's fine, I understand the numbers game.

[12th Doctor]

Nay

Ummmm... I appologize, but your not in this one.  As I said, I welcome your participation in the next one, but for this one, I couldn't fit you in.

Sorry, my fault. I'd filled out the forms so I thought I was in, but it's fine, I understand the numbers game.

yeah, like I said, sorry... you are more than welcome for the next game.

[12th Doctor]

   
Hume            Yea
Ribeiro            Yea
Cheng            Yea
von Frick            Yea
Yates            Yea
Meier            Yea
Miller            Yea
Jergovic            Nay
Antonelli            Yea
Cruijff            Yea
Vallencant         Yea
de Palma            Nay
de Andrade       Nay
Lumbayo            Nay
Singh            Nay

Curia   

McCannon        Yea
Romano           Yea
Hernandez       Nay
Sepe           Yea
Bertone           Nay
Adofo           Yea
Shah           Yea
Wildauer           Yea

Other Key Cardinals
   
Santiago           Nay
O'Hara           Yea
Sherer           Yea
Tagola           Nay
Medina           Nay
Bassman           Nay
Ramos           Yea
Montini           Yea
Szklar           Yea
Rudo           Nay

Europeans   

Rezzonico        Yea
Lambertini       Nay
Altieri           Yea
Ganganelli        Nay
Braschi            Yea
Errigo           Yea
Caprelli           Yea
Huber           Yea
Robidzer           Nay
Schontag           Yea
Schuler           Yea
Reyes           Yea
Diaz           Nay
Soto           Yea
Cruz            Yea
Herrera           Nay
Pascal           Yea
Boulanger        Nay
Alexandre           Yea
Gardocki           Yea
Howard           Nay
MacMillian           Yea
Papp           Nay
Balla           Yea
Timochenko      Nay
Mineric           Yea
Adamkus           Yea
Kelley           Nay

North America
   
Fitzgibbon        Nay
Latello           Yea
Gabler            Nay
Sanchez            Nay
Stojeck            Nay
Legrand           Yea

Latin America   

da Silva           Yea
Alves           Yea
Hernandez       Nay
Lopez           Yea
Garcia           Yea
Zambrano        Yea
Ramirez           Yea
Pinera           Yea
de Arroyo           Yea
de Lugo           Nay
Rias           Nay

Africa   

Tyler   Nay
Kobe   Nay
Rudo   Nay
Sauda   Yea
Chike   Yea
M'Fuma   Yea
Zari   Yea

Asia   

Majboo   Yea
Michiba   Yea
Purnomo   Yea
Ho   Yea
Kulop   Nay
Lynch   Yea

Final Results
      Yea                Nay
       57                 33

Media silence will be observed for this Conclave.  By this action, every man in this room has sworn an oath not to comment on the inner-happenings of the Conclave to the outside world while it goes on.  Also, know one is allowed to discuss any information about voting results unless the Vatican deems that infomation can be released.

[12th Doctor]

Alright, we will prepare to proceed to the first ballot.   Would any Cardinals liek to make any brief statements before we proceed? 

You may speak now.

And remember, keep them brief.

[Keystone Phil]

Dear brothers,

I shall heed the advice to keep this brief. It is my hope that this process is carried out in the most appropriate fashion. Let us keep the Holy Spirit in our hearts and in our minds throughout this vote, accepting the guidance granted to us. May our Father look upon us with pride as we, His servants, chose our Earthly shepard who is to lead us closer to the heavenly kingdom.