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The Archbishop of Chicago, George, admits U.S.S cardinals know very little about the Vatileaks case

Paolo Mastrolilli
Rome

The Archbishop of Chicago, Francis George shakes his head, smiles and says: “It’s not the rules that are the problem: even if all cardinal electors had arrived in Rome, I would not want to start the Conclave now, for one very simple reason: We are not ready yet.”

The sun is setting over the Pontifical North American College on Rome’s Janiculum Hill where the powerful U.S. bishops’ delegation is currently residing.

New York’s Cardinal Dolan returns from the Vatican and greets his colleague from Chicago who had led the U.S.S Episcopal Conference before him. Just a few metres away, the Archbishop of Boston, O’Malley, dressed in his Capuchin monk’s robes, is getting ready to stroll into the city centre: “There are still too many questions that need…