Resigning UK cardinal says he will not attend conclave

UNITED KINGDOM
Reuters

Mon Feb 25, 2013

(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.

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