More details on papal resignation, conclave (Vatican Press Office)

Catholic Culture ^ | February 14, 2012 | Diogenes

[NYer]

Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Vatican press office, held a briefing for reporters on February 14, providing more information about plans for the retirement of Pope Benedict and the election of his successor. He revealed:

• Archbishop Georg Ganswein, who has served for years as the private secretary to Benedict XVI, will continue to live with the Pontiff after his retirement. However the archbishop, who was recently appointed as prefect of the pontifical household, will continue to serve in that role as well. The new Pontiff could, if he wished, select a replacement.The Vatican will continue to provide security for the former Pontiff in his retirement. His household will still be served by members of the Memores Domini lay movement.
• Pope Benedict did suffer a minor injury to his head during his trip to Mexico last year. (This announcement was a confirmation of rumors that had circulated among Vatican-watchers for some time. It followed the disclosure a day earlier that the Pontiff had surgery to replace the battery in his pacemaker—again a confirmation of rumors.) However the injury was not serious, Father Lombardi said. It did not affect the Pope’s schedule during that foreign trip, and was not a factor in his decision to resign.
• The world's cardinals will gather in Rome on March 1, the day after the Pope's resignation becomes effective, to begin discussions on the future needs of the Church. All cardinals--including those who are over 80 and ineligible to vote in a papal election--can join in these discussions. Among other things, these early meetings will set a date for the conclave.
• Barring a death in the College of Cardinals, there will be 117 cardinal-electors eligible to vote in the papal conclave. There are currently 118 cardinal-electors, but one—Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the retired Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, will celebrate his 80th birthday on February 26, and thus become ineligible to participate in the conclave. Two other cardinals could turn 80 before the conclave begins sometime in mid-March, but the rules of the conclave stipulate that a cardinal becomes ineligible only if he turns 80 before the papacy becomes vacant. Thus Cardinal Walter Kasper, the former president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, who will be 80 on March 5; and Cardinal Severino Poletto, former Archbishop of Turin, whose 80th birthday is on March 18, will be eligible to vote.

[NYer]

There are currently 118 cardinal-electors, but one—Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, the retired Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, will celebrate his 80th birthday on February 26, and thus become ineligible to participate in the conclave.

As some of you may recall from the last conclave, each cardinal approached the Book of the Gospels to recite an oath. When Cardinal Husar completed his oath, he bent over and kissed the Book. That elicited quite a positive reaction from the catholic freepers. This time he misses the conclave by two days.

[NYer]

Here is a list of the cardinal electors under age 80, with their date of birth, their age, the date they were made a cardinal, and their name and title. In this list, I have bold-faced some of the more well-known names:

Birthdate Age Elevated Name Current Title
1. 21 Sep 1935 77.39 18 Feb 2012 Santos Cardinal Abril y
Castelló
Archpriest of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (St. Mary Major
Basilica)
2. 19 Oct 1933 79.31 21 Feb 2001 Geraldo Majella Cardinal Agnelo
Archbishop Emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
3. 19 Apr 1945 67.81 18 Feb 2012 George Cardinal Alencherry
Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly (Syro-Malabarese), India
4. 8 Jun 1938 74.67 20 Nov 2010 Angelo Cardinal Amato, S.D.B.
Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
5. 23 Aug 1934 78.47 21 Oct 2003 Carlos Cardinal Amigo Vallejo,
O.F.M. Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla (Seville), Spain
6. 18 Nov 1936 76.23 21 Oct 2003 Ennio Cardinal Antonelli
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Family
7. 1 Feb 1937 76.03 21 Feb 2001 Audrys Juozas Cardinal Bačkis
Archbishop of Vilnius, Lithuania
8. 14 Jan 1943 70.08 24 Nov 2007 Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco
Archbishop of Genova (Genoa), Italy
9. 17 Oct 1950 62.32 21 Oct 2003 Philippe Xavier Ignace Cardinal
Barbarin Archbishop of Lyon, France
10. 17 Dec 1936 76.15 21 Feb 2001 Jorge Mario Cardinal
Bergoglio, S.J. Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina
11. 1 Oct 1942 70.36 18 Feb 2012 Giuseppe Cardinal Bertello
President of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
12. 2 Dec 1934 78.19 21 Oct 2003 Tarcisio Pietro Evasio Cardinal
Bertone, S.D.B. Secretary of the Secretariat of State
13. 25 Feb 1947 65.96 18 Feb 2012 Giuseppe Cardinal Betori
Archbishop of Firenze {Florence}, Italy
14. 20 Mar 1949 63.89 21 Oct 2003 Josip Cardinal Bozanić
Archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia
15. 16 Aug 1939 73.49 24 Nov 2007 Seán Baptist Cardinal Brady
Archbishop of Armagh, Ireland
16. 24 Apr 1947 65.80 18 Feb 2012 João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz
Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and
Societies of Apostolic Life
17. 30 Jun 1948 64.61 20 Nov 2010 Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke
Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura
18. 1 Jun 1938 74.69 24 Mar 2006 Carlo Cardinal Caffarra
Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
19. 3 Feb 1943 70.02 18 Feb 2012 Domenico Cardinal Calcagno
President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
20. 15 Oct 1945 67.32 24 Mar 2006 Antonio Cardinal Cañizares
Llovera Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline
of the Sacraments
21. 28 Dec 1943 69.12 21 Feb 2001 Juan Luis Cardinal Cipriani
Thorne Archbishop of Lima, Peru
22. 6 Mar 1938 74.93 18 Feb 2012 Francesco Cardinal
Coccopalmerio President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
23. 16 Jan 1947 66.07 18 Feb 2012 Thomas Christopher Cardinal
Collins Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
24. 17 Sep 1943 69.40 24 Nov 2007 Angelo Cardinal Comastri
President of the Fabric of St. Peter
25. 5 Sep 1934 78.43 24 Nov 2007 Paul Josef Cardinal Cordes
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
26. 15 Feb 1937 75.99 20 Nov 2010 Raymundo Cardinal Damasceno
Assis Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo, Brazil
27. 4 Jun 1933 79.69 2 Feb 1983 Godfried Cardinal Danneels
Archbishop Emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel {Malines-Brussels}, Belgium
28. 20 Dec 1934 78.14 26 Nov 1994 Julius Riyadi Cardinal
Darmaatmadja, S.J. Archbishop Emeritus of Jakarta, Indonesia
29. 19 Sep 1935 77.39 20 Nov 2010 Velasio Cardinal De Paolis,
C.S. President Emeritus of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the
Holy See
30. 14 Apr 1936 76.83 21 Feb 2001 Ivan Cardinal Dias Prefect
Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
31. 23 May 1949 63.72 24 Nov 2007 Daniel Nicholas Cardinal
DiNardo Archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas, USA
32. 6 Feb 1950 63.01 18 Feb 2012 Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York, New York, USA
33. 26 Apr 1943 69.79 18 Feb 2012 Dominik Jaroslav Cardinal
Duka, O.P. Archbishop of Praha {Prague}, Czech Republic
34. 27 Apr 1939 73.79 24 Mar 2006 Stanisław Cardinal Dziwisz
Archbishop of Kraków {Cracow}, Poland
35. 22 Jun 1953 59.64 18 Feb 2012 Willem Jacobus Cardinal Eijk
Archbishop of Utrecht, Netherlands
36. 25 Jun 1952 60.63 21 Oct 2003 Péter Cardinal Erdõ
Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary
37. 5 Sep 1933 79.43 21 Feb 2001 Francisco Javier Cardinal
Errázuriz Ossa Archbishop Emeritus of Santiago de Chile
38. 24 Sep 1933 79.38 24 Nov 2007 Raffaele Cardinal Farina,
S.D.B. Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archives
39. 15 Apr 1946 66.82 18 Feb 2012 Fernando Cardinal Filoni
Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
40. 16 Jan 1937 76.07 21 Feb 1998 Francis Eugene Cardinal
George, O.M.I. Archbishop of Chicago, Illinois, USA
41. 24 Dec 1944 68.13 24 Nov 2007 Oswald Cardinal Gracias
Archbishop of Bombay, India
42. 11 Oct 1939 73.33 21 Feb 2001 Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski
Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (for Seminaries and
Institutes of Study)
43. 20 Oct 1949 63.31 24 Nov 2012 James Michael Cardinal Harvey
Archpriest of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul
Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
44. 8 Aug 1934 78.51 21 Feb 2001 Cláudio Cardinal Hummes, O.F.M.
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy
45. 26 Feb 1933 79.96 21 Feb 2001 Lubomyr Cardinal Husar, M.S.U.
Major Archbishop Emeritus of Kyiv-Halyč {Kiev} (Ukrainian), Ukraine
46. 5 Mar 1933 79.93 21 Feb 2001 Walter Cardinal Kasper
President Emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
47. 15 Mar 1950 62.91 20 Nov 2010 Kurt Cardinal Koch
President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
48. 3 Jan 1935 78.11 24 Nov 2007 Giovanni Cardinal Lajolo
President Emeritus of the Governatorate of Vatican City State
49. 16 May 1936 76.74 21 Feb 2001 Karl Cardinal Lehmann
Bishop of Mainz, Germany
50. 15 Jun 1936 76.66 24 Mar 2006 William Joseph Cardinal Levada
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
51. 31 Oct 1936 76.28 28 Jun 1991 Nicolás de Jesús Cardinal
López Rodríguez Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
52. 27 Feb 1936 76.96 28 Jun 1991 Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony
Archbishop Emeritus of Los Angeles, California, USA
53. 29 Apr 1937 75.78 24 Nov 2007 Lluís Cardinal Martínez
Sistach Archbishop of Barcelona, Spain
54. 21 Sep 1953 59.39 20 Nov 2010 Reinhard Cardinal Marx
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}, Germany
55. 25 Dec 1933 79.13 2 Feb 1983 Joachim Cardinal Meisner
Archbishop of Köln {Cologne}, Germany
56. 7 Oct 1939 73.34 20 Nov 2010 Laurent Cardinal Monsengwo
Pasinya Archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
57. 29 Mar1938 74.87 18 Feb2012 Manuel Cardinal Monteiro de
Castro Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
58. 28 May1934 78.70 20 Nov2010 Francesco Cardinal Monterisi
Archpriest Emeritus of the Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura {Saint Paul
Outside-the-Walls Basilica}
59. 7 Mar 1935 77.93 20 Nov 2010 Antonios Cardinal Naguib
Patriarch Emeritus of Alexandria {Alessandria} (Coptic), Egypt
60. 8 Mar 1941 71.92 21 Feb 2001 Wilfrid Fox Cardinal Napier,
O.F.M. Archbishop of Durban, South Africa
61. 16 Mar 1937 75.90 21 Oct 2003 Attilio Cardinal Nicora
President Emeritus of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
62. 1944 69 24 Nov 2007 John Cardinal Njue Archbishop of
Nairobi, Kenya
63. 1 Feb 1950 63.03 20 Nov 2010 Kazimierz Cardinal Nycz
Archbishop of Warszawa {Warsaw}, Poland
64. 8 Apr 1939 73.84 18 Feb 2012 Edwin Frederick Cardinal O’
Brien Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of
Jerusalem
65. 17 Mar 1938 74.90 21 Oct 2003 Keith Michael Patrick Cardinal
O’Brien Archbishop of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, Scotland, Great
Britain
66. 16 Jun 1936 76.65 21 Oct 2003 Anthony Olubunmi Cardinal
Okogie Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, Nigeria
67. 29 Jun 1944 68.62 24 Mar 2006 Sean Patrick Cardinal O’
Malley, O.F.M. Cap. Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts, USA
68. 29 Jan 1944 69.03 24 Nov 2012 John Olorunfemi Cardinal
Onaiyekan Archbishop of Abuja, Nigeria
69. 18 Oct 1936 76.31 26 Nov 1994 Jaime Lucas Cardinal Ortega y
Alamino Archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba
70. 8 Jun 1944 68.67 21 Oct 2003 Marc Cardinal Ouellet, P.S.S.
Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
71. 15 Nov 1947 65.24 20 Nov 2010 Albert Malcolm Ranjith
Cardinal Patabendige Don Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka
72. 8 Jun 1941 71.67 21 Oct 2003 George Cardinal Pell
Archbishop of Sydney, Australia
73. 5 Aug 1944 68.52 21 Feb 1998 Polycarp Cardinal Pengo
Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
74. 5 Mar 1934 78.93 21 Oct 2003 Jean-Baptiste Cardinal Pham Minh
Mân Archbishop of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh (Hôchiminh Ville), Viêt Nam
75. 15 Sep 1944 68.41 20 Nov 2010 Mauro Cardinal Piacenza
Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
76. 18 Mar 1933 79.90 21 Feb 2001 Severino Cardinal Poletto
Archbishop Emeritus of Torino {Turin}, Italy
77. 26 Feb 1936 76.96 21 Feb 2001 José da Cruz Cardinal
Policarpo Patriarch of Lisboa {Lisbon}, Portugal
78. 8 Sep 1945 67.42 26 Nov 1994 Vinko Cardinal Puljic
Archbishop of Vrhbosna {Sarajevo}, Bosnia and Herzegovina
79. 25 Feb 1940 72.96 24 Nov 2012 Béchara Boutros Cardinal Raï,
O.M.M. Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Maronite), Lebanon
80. 18 Oct 1942 70.31 20 Nov 2010 Gianfranco Cardinal Ravasi
President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
81. 30 Jan 1934 79.03 21 Feb 2001 Giovanni Battista Cardinal Re
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Bishops
82. 26 Sep 1944 68.38 24 Mar 2006 Jean-Pierre Bernard Cardinal
Ricard Archbishop of Bordeaux (-Bazas), France
83. 19 Apr 1935 77.81 21 Oct 2003 Justin Francis Cardinal Rigali
Archbishop Emeritus of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
84. 6 Jun 1942 70.68 21 Feb 1998 Norberto Cardinal Rivera
Carrera Archbishop of México, Federal District
85. 2 Mar 1949 63.94 24 Nov 2007 José Francisco Cardinal Robles
Ortega Archbishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
86. 23 Sep 1934 78.38 24 Mar 2006 Franc Cardinal Rodé, C.M.
Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and
Societies of Apostolic Life
87. 29 Dec 1942 70.12 21 Feb 2001 Oscar Andrés Cardinal
Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras
88. 20 Feb 1938 74.98 20 Nov 2010 Paolo Cardinal Romeo
Archbishop of Palermo, Italy
89. 24 Aug 1936 76.46 21 Feb 1998 Antonio María Cardinal Rouco
Varela Archbishop of Madrid, Spain
90. 4 Jul 1945 67.60 24 Nov 2007 Stanisław Cardinal Ryłko
President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
91. 22 Sep 1942 70.39 24 Nov 2012 Rubén Cardinal Salazar Gómez
Archbishop of Bogotá, Colombia
92. 28 Mar 1933 79.87 26 Nov 1994 Juan Cardinal Sandoval Íñiguez
Archbishop Emeritus of Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
93. 18 Nov 1943 69.23 24 Nov 2007 Leonardo Cardinal Sandri
Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
94. 15 Jun 1945 67.66 20 Nov 2010 Robert Cardinal Sarah
President of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
95. 1 Sep 1934 78.44 20 Nov 2010 Paolo Cardinal Sardi
Vice-Chamberlain Emeritus of the Apostolic Chamber
96. 28 Nov 1936 76.20 24 Nov 2007 Théodore-Adrien Cardinal Sarr
Archbishop of Dakar, Senegal
97. 21 Sep 1949 63.39 24 Nov 2007 Odilo Pedro Cardinal Scherer
Archbishop of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
98. 22 Jan 1945 68.05 21 Feb 1998 Christoph Cardinal Schönborn,
O.P. Archbishop of Wien {Vienna}, Austria
99. 7 Nov 1941 71.26 21 Oct 2003 Angelo Cardinal Scola
Archbishop of Milano {Milan}, Italy
100. 2 Jun 1943 69.69 21 Feb 2001 Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}, Italy
101. 21 Jun 1957 55.64 24 Nov 2012 Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal
Tagle Archbishop of Manila, Philippines
102. 5 Apr 1943 69.85 21 Oct 2003 Jean-Louis Pierre Cardinal
Tauran President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
103. 7 Mar 1936 76.93 21 Feb 2001 Julio Cardinal Terrazas
Sandoval, C.SS.R. Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
104. 14 Mar 1934 78.91 21 Feb 1998 Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi
Archbishop Emeritus of Milano {Milan}, Italy
105. 15 Jun 1959 53.66 24 Nov 2012 Baselios Cleemis (Isaac)
Cardinal Thottunkal Major Archbishop of Trivandrum (Syro-Malankarese), India
106. 31 Jul1939 73.53 18 Feb2012 John Cardinal Tong Hon
Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang], China
107. 15 Oct 1939 73.32 21 Oct 2003 Telesphore Placidus Cardinal
Toppo Archbishop of Ranchi, India
108. 26 Jun 1936 76.63 26 Nov 1994 Jean-Claude Cardinal Turcotte
Archbishop Emeritus of Montréal, Québec, Canada
109. 11 Oct 1948 64.33 21 Oct 2003 Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal
Turkson President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
110. 28 Aug 1942 70.45 24 Mar 2006 Jorge Liberato Cardinal Urosa
Savino Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
111. 17 Apr 1940 72.82 24 Mar 2006 Agostino Cardinal Vallini
Vicar General of Roma {Rome}, Italy
112. 3 Feb 1938 75.02 18 Feb 2012 Antonio Maria Cardinal Vegliò
President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants and
Itinerant People
113. 1 Jan 1934 79.11 20 Nov 2010 Raúl Eduardo Cardinal Vela
Chiriboga Archbishop Emeritus of Quito, Ecuador
114. 30 Jul 1943 69.53 18 Feb 2012 Giuseppe Cardinal Versaldi
President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
115. 7 Nov 1942 70.26 24 Nov 2007 André Armand Cardinal
Vingt-Trois Archbishop of Paris, France
116. 18 Aug 1956 56.48 18 Feb 2012 Rainer Maria Cardinal Woelki
Archbishop of Berlin, Germany
117. 12 Nov 1940 72.25 20 Nov 2010 Donald William Cardinal Wuerl
Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
118. 27 Feb 1941 71.96 21 Oct 2003 Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako
Archbishop of Khartoum, Sudan
Cardinals Ranjith and Burke are among those who have publicly celebrated

[onyx]

Thank you so much.
Saving.

[NewCenturions]

Bookmarking

[maryz]

Cardinals Ranjith and Burke are among those who have publicly celebrated

Is there supposed to be more to this sentence? ;-)

[BlessedBeGod]

I believe this is the rest:

Cardinals Ranjith and Burke are among those who have publicly celebrated Mass in the extraordinary form, and would be considered “favorable to tradition.”

Bagnasco was a disciple of Cardinal Giuseppe Siri of Genoa, who died in 1989.

Ouellet, Scola and Piacenza are well-regarded by many.

Barbarin, the Archbishop of Lyon in France, has a well-run seminary and a daily Tridentine Mass in Lyon.

Piacenza is also a disciple of Siri and has been seen to celebrate Mass in the old rite. He also is very familiar with how the Curia works. At 68, he is comparatively young.

Peter Cardinal Turkson, 63, one of the cardinals in the last Conclave who selected Pope Benedict, is regarded as a leading cardinal from Africa. He is President of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace, a position he has held since 2009. He recently called for global public authority and a central world bank in a docum ent regarding the banking industry.

On one popular Catholic blog, one commenter wrote: “From my research in Catholic prophecy, it will be Cardinal Comastri, and he will take the name of Pius XIII.”

The Church will begin its celebration of Lent on Wednesday, with Ash Wednesday being celebrated in Rome by Pope Benedict at Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill, where he will distribute ashes. The Curia will then on Sunday begin a week of Spiritual Exercises in the Vatican preached by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi. The Pope will then abandon his papal office on February 28, in the middle of Lent, and the Conclave will then occur, still in the middle of Lent.

[Salvation]

More details on papal resignation, conclave (Vatican Press Office)
Who Will Take Up the Keys of Peter (This is a MUST READ!)
Conclave & The Media: The Silly Season

Cardinal Bertone's Farewell Address to the Holy Father
"Thank You – Let Us Return to Prayer": For the Last Time, The Pope Leaves the Altar
"Today, We Begin A New Journey" – Liturgically Speaking, B16's Last Word
Vatican releases schedule for Pope's final days
Benedict XVI: Reason’s Revolutionary
Some Interesting Tidbits From Today’s Vatican press conference
Pope Decided to Resign After Cuba Trip, Vatican Advisor Says
Pope Says He's Resigning for the 'Good of Church'
Watch for the Anti-Catholics To Weigh in on the Papal Succession
The challenge Pope Benedict has left for his successor—and for ordinary Catholics

Historian Notes Precedents for Papal Resignation
US Will Have Unprecedented Voice In Electing New Pope
Pope Benedict’s Resignation and St. Corbinian’s Bear
Pope Benedict XVI’s Musical Legacy
Benedict announces resignation and lightning strikes
DHS's curiosity piqued over Pope Benedict XVI's retirement and Catholic Prophecy
Prayers for Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict's Devotion to Saint Celestine Signaled His Resignation from the Papacy
Cardinal Sodano to Pope Benedict: “We have heard you with a sense of loss and almost disbelief”
Pope's resignation invokes sadness, gratitude from US bishops

Pope cites waning strength as reason for resignation
Report: Brother Says Pope Was Considering Resignation for Months
Some Notes About the Upcoming Conclave
An Evangelical Looks at Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict’s Resignation in Historical Context
Virtually unprecedented: papal resignation throughout history
Pope Benedict XVI:a papal timeline
"I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome" [Full Text]
Pope Benedict's Address on Resignation of the See of Rome
POPE BENEDICT XVI WILL RESIGN AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, VATICAN PRESS OFFICE TELLS FOX NEWS

[Cronos]

wouldn't it be kinda cool if the youngest, the new Patriarch of the Syro-Malabar Church became Pope?

At age 53 he would be young and very, very orthodox and conservative

But I support Ivan Dias -- he's kind of old, but I've met the man and he's fiercely orthodox and conservative and scarily brilliant -- speaks 14 languages and I can vouch that the 6 we share, he speaks utterly fluently -- native speaker level.

[maryz]

Cardinals Ranjith and Burke are among those who have publicly celebrated Mass in the extraordinary form, and would be considered “favorable to tradition.”

Thanks! I thought (hoped?) that might be it! Well, either of them is welcome to my vote!:)