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Italian bishops mistakenly hail Cardinal Angelo Scola as new pope | Italian bishops mistakenly hail Cardinal Angelo Scola as new pope |
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Italian bishops were so convinced that one of their own would become pope that they sent a congratulatory message to the media thanking God for the election of a prelate from Milan. | Italian bishops were so convinced that one of their own would become pope that they sent a congratulatory message to the media thanking God for the election of a prelate from Milan. |
The trouble was, the new pope had already been named as the Argentinian cardinal Jorge Bergoglio. | The trouble was, the new pope had already been named as the Argentinian cardinal Jorge Bergoglio. |
The secretary general of the Italian conference, Monsignor Mariano Crociata, expressed "joy and thanks" to God for the election of Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan in a statement sent to reporters at 8.23pm (19.23 GMT) on Wednesday night. | The secretary general of the Italian conference, Monsignor Mariano Crociata, expressed "joy and thanks" to God for the election of Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan in a statement sent to reporters at 8.23pm (19.23 GMT) on Wednesday night. |
About 10 minutes earlier, Bergoglio had made his first appearance before the crowds in St Peter's Square. | About 10 minutes earlier, Bergoglio had made his first appearance before the crowds in St Peter's Square. |
At 9.08pm, the Italian bishops' conference sent another statement thanking God for the election of the pope, but this time got the name right. | At 9.08pm, the Italian bishops' conference sent another statement thanking God for the election of the pope, but this time got the name right. |
In the days leading up the secret conclave, many Italian newspapers openly promoted Scola as the next pope. | In the days leading up the secret conclave, many Italian newspapers openly promoted Scola as the next pope. |
The newspapers – and the bishops' conference – appear to have missed the warning contained in a traditional Italian saying that frontrunners at a papal conclave are often disappointed. | The newspapers – and the bishops' conference – appear to have missed the warning contained in a traditional Italian saying that frontrunners at a papal conclave are often disappointed. |
"He who enters a conclave as a pope, leaves it as a cardinal," the saying goes. Perhaps it was never more true in the modern age than in the conclave that elected Bergoglio instead of the Italian favourite Scola. | "He who enters a conclave as a pope, leaves it as a cardinal," the saying goes. Perhaps it was never more true in the modern age than in the conclave that elected Bergoglio instead of the Italian favourite Scola. |
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