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Cardinals start to arrive ahead of Vatican conclave

(4 Apr 2005) SHOTLIST 1. Various of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany walking along street 2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, Archbishop of Dar-Es-Salaam (Tanzanian): "At this particular moment it is very difficult to say what my thoughts are. But on one hand I feel that the pope has suffered a lot and that now that he's dead he deserves his rest. But at the same time it is a situation which calls for very very special thoughts, I mean to find the person to replace such a great man, it's rather difficult. So it's a situation of great concern. (Q Very very few of the cardinals still alive today ever took part in a conclave. How does it happen that you understand the entire process, who advises you?) Well, there must be somebody. So far I can't say that I understand everything, being so recently made cardinal. I was made cardinal in 1998, so I certainly don't know much about what is the procedure, but probably someone will be instructing us, and actually we are today meeting there. It's part of the information that we are supposed to be having." 3. Cardinal Pengo walks away 4. Cardinal Attilio Nicora of Italy walking to car and getting in 5. Car drives away STORYLINE: The College of Cardinals convened on Monday ahead of a secret vote later this month to elect a new pope, with the red-capped prelates planning Pope John Paul II's funeral and arranging the destruction of his papal ring. The meeting at the Bologna Hall of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace was the first gathering of the world's Roman Catholic cardinals since the pontiff's death. After taking an oath of secrecy, they were to open any final documents John Paul may have prepared for them and set a date for this week's funeral. Upon his arrival, Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, the Archbishop of Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania, said that finding "the person to replace such a great man would rather difficult" and that he expected the meeting to explain the procedure which would follow. Most of the cardinals who will chose the new pope have never taken part in a conclave before. Cardinal Pengo said: "I can't say that I understand everything, being so recently made cardinal. I was made cardinal in 1998, so I certainly don't know much about the procedure, but probably someone will be instructing us". The cardinals, in their first preparatory meeting, were dealing with the practical arrangements of disposing of the pope's mortal remains before they get ready to choose who will inherit his mantle. John Paul himself set an imposing agenda for the cardinals in instructions he drafted in 1996, including the reading of any final documents he may have left for them. That could include directives on where he wanted to be interred, whether in the crypts beneath St. Peter's Basilica as has been done with most popes, or in his native Poland. The cardinals were also expected to arrange the destruction of John Paul's Fisherman's Ring and the dyes used to make lead seals for apostolic letters - formal gestures meant to symbolise the end of his reign and to prevent forgeries. The pope will be buried some time between Wednesday and Friday, with pageantry reserved for the highest prince of the church and in the presence of many of the world's secular and religious leaders. The pope died on Saturday of septic shock and cardio-circulatory collapse, but had been struggling with declining health for many years. He was 84. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...