Resigning UK Cardinal Says He Will Not Attend Conclave

By Michael Holden
Reuters
February 25, 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/25/us-britain-cardinal-conclave-idUSBRE91O0GU20130225

(Reuters) - Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Keith O'Brien, said he would not be attending the conclave at the Vatican to choose a successor to Pope Benedict after announcing he was resigning as an archbishop.

"I will not join them (the other cardinals) for this conclave in person. I do not wish media attention in Rome to be focused on me - but rather on Pope Benedict XVI and on his successor," he said in a statement.