Church's Cardinals to Start Meeting Monday

CNN
March 1, 2013

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The events that will lead to the election of a new pope are starting to take shape.

The Catholic Church's cardinals will start general congregations – meetings that precede a conclave to elect a new pope – on Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Vatican (3:30 a.m. ET), with a second session set for later that day, according to a letter issued Friday by the dean of the College of Cardinals.

Setting a date for the conclave to elect the new pope will be among the items on the agenda. The previous pope, Benedict XVI,