Cardinals enter the cystine chapel to start centuries -old secret rituals to choose a pope

Vatican City: All pomp, drama and severity that Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday introduced the secret, centuries -old rituals to choose the successor of Pope Francis, opening the most geographically concluding diverse completion in the history of 2,000 years of faith.Two to two, Cardinals chanting “saints’ litni” in Systin Chapel, as Swiss guards were in meditation. Bhajan inspires saints to help cardinals find a new leader of the 1.4 billionstrong Catholic Church. They tilted in front of the altar and took a pledge of privacy to start the conclave and took their places before taking the doors of Sistin Chappell. Earlier, the Dean of the Cardinals’ college, Cardinal Geoani Batista Ray, presided over the morning month, urging voters to separate all personal interests and find a Pope that gives the award of unity. The world today needs a leader who can awaken Vivek, he said.From 70 countries, cardinals have been indexed from the outside world until they find a new leader. Francis named 108 out of 133 “Church princes”, selected several pastors from the Ferflung countries who had never had a cardinal before. His decision to cross the general range of 120 cardinal voters and young people from “Global South” included – often low economic dominated marginalized countries have injected an unusual degree of uncertainty in a process that is filled with suspense, telling the world with signs of smoking whether a pope has been chosen or not. Many cardinals had not met each other till last week and said that they needed longer to know each other, questioning how much time it takes to secure a two-thirds of the two-thirds majority required for a man to become a 267th Pope. While cardinals should oppose any “secular” effects in their choice, such a lobbying in Rome has been eliminated in recent times.Many challenges face new Pope and weigh on cardinals – at the top whether to continue the progressive heritage of Francis on many issues or roll it back to try to unite a polarized church. Since Francis chose 80% of voters, there is a possibility of continuity, but the form it can take is uncertain.