Vatican: Conclave to start on Tuesday

c. 2013 Religion News Service

VATICAN CITY (RNS) The conclave to pick a new pope will begin on Tuesday (March 12) the Vatican said Friday, resolving an open question that had dogged the cardinals meeting here over the past week.

    The cardinals will celebrate a special Mass "pro eligendo Romano Pontifice" -- for the election of the Roman Pontiff -- in St. Peter's Basilica on Tuesday morning, and in the afternoon the cardinals will enter into the Conclave, the Vatican said.