2A - The Michigan Daily - Monday, April 18, 2005 NATION/WORLD Cardinals gather for conclave NEWS IN BRIEF VATICAN CITY (AP) - Bring- ing their suitcases and personal views on the future of the church, the cardinals who will select the next pope settled in their rooms yes- terday in the Vatican hotel that will be their home until the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics have a new leader. The conclave starts today after the 115 red-robed cardinals join a formal procession into the Sistine Chapel, where efforts to maintain the secrecy of deliberations have included installing jamming devices to foil sophisticated eavesdropping equipment. But the cardinals' arrival at the $20 million Domus Sanctae Mar- thae took them into the imposed isolation of the papal election - which has not lasted longer than five days in the past century but remains an open-ended process. The last conclave in 1978 took eight ballots over three days to choose Pope John Paul II. "The new pope has already been chosen by the Lord. We just have to pray to understand who he is," Florence Cardinal Ennio Antonelli told the congregation at St. Andrea delle Fratte, his titular church a short stroll from Rome's famous Spanish Steps. The cardinals have much to pon- der following the third-longest papa- cy in history. This conclave feels the full weight of the church's modern challenges, including the influence of Islam, competition from evangelical Chris- tians, the fallout from priest sex scandals, the roles of women and the need to reconcile Vatican teachings that ban condom use with worries about AIDS. They also must seek a global pastor with enough charisma to flourish in an image-driven age. For the first time, credible papal contenders come from at least three distinct regions: Europe, Africa and Latin America. One by one, in cars driven by The College of Cardinals is holding daily meetings ahead of a secret vote later this month to elect a suc- cessor to Pope John Paul 11. AA , Iraq Iraqis defuse kidnapping standoff Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. troops had the town of Madain sur- rounded yesterday after reports of Sunni militant kidnappings of as many as 100 Shiite residents, but there were growing indications the incident had been grossly exaggerated, perhaps an outgrowth of a tribal dispute or politi- cal maneuvering. The town of about 1,000 families, evenly divided between Shiites and Sun- nis, sits about 15 miles south of the capital in what the U.S. military has called the "Triangle of Death" because it has become a roiling stronghold of the militant insurgency. An AP photographer and television cameraman who were in or near the town yesterday said large numbers of Iraqi forces had sealed it off, supported by U.S. forces farther away outside Madain. The cameraman said he toured the town yesterday morning. People were going about their business normally, shops were open and tea houses were full, he said. Residents contacted by telephone also said everything was normal in Madain. And American military officials said they were unaware of any U.S. role in what had been described as a tense sectarian standoff in which the Sunni militants were threatening to kill their Shiite captives if all other Shiites did not leave the town. WASHINGTON G7 countries offer plans to erase debt Concluding two days of talks, finance officials from the leading economic pow- ers pressed ahead yesterday on efforts to wipe out poor nations' debts and hoped to complete a deal later this year. Officials insisted they were making progress. But international aid groups, dis- appointed by the failure to finalize an agreement this weekend, accused the major industrialized countries of dragging their feet and said further delay could worsen the plight of the world's poorest people. Erasing the crushing debt load was among the issues discussed by finance rep- resentatives at the meetings of the 184-nation World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. The concept won the endorsement of financial leaders from the world's seven wealthiest countries - the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada - who met Saturday in Washington. Both the United States and Britain have offered competing plans, but officials have failed to settle differences, mainly over how to pay for debt relief. NEVE DEKALI Gaza Strip Activists converge on Gaza before pullout As Israel works to persuade some of the 8,500 Gaza settlers to leave volun- tarily before the pullout begins July 20, more people keep moving in. Sympa- thetic families are coming with moving vans, hawkish politicians are renting homes and busloads of ultra-Orthodox students are establishing new religious schools, or yeshivas. It is unclear how many people have moved in so far, but local activists expect many more to arrive during the weeklong Passover holiday beginning Saturday night. Some predict as many as 100,000 sympathizers could come in a show of sol- idarity, with thousands of them staying. One group has started stockpiling donated sleeping bags, tents and canned food for the new arrivals. SANTA MARIA, Calif. Accuser's mother theatrical on witness stand In a riveting episode of courtroom drama, the mother of Michael Jackson's accuser sobbed, snapped her fingers, affected a German accent, implored jurors not to judge her and exclaimed: "I've waited two years for this!" If Jackson's child molestation trial were being televised, some might have scoffed that she was playing to the cameras. But there are no cameras inside this trial, which is shaping up as one of the wildest in California's colorful history of jurisprudence. The boy's mother is not the first witness in the trial's six weeks to treat the courtroom as a personal stage. Comedians kept the mood light with wisecracks, a lawyer sparred verbally with an attorney questioning him, and even the judge has been known to offer a few quips. *1 aides through a steady rain, the car- dinals arrived at the gates of Vatican City. They were saluted by a single Swiss Guard, wearing a dark foul- weather cloak over his traditional purple-gold-and-red uniform. The cars passed over the gray cobble- stones to the hotel - which John Paul ordered built to end the spartan and makeshift quarters arranged for past conclaves. The rules of the conclave are strict: no phones, television, publi- cations or outside contact. All staff - including cooks, maids, eleva- tor operators and drivers who will shuttle them the few hundred yards from the hotel to the Sistine Chapel - have taken vows of silence. For the first time ever, cardi- nals will be allowed to move about Vatican City freely once the voting starts, though they are forbidden to talk to anyone who hasn't been sworn to secrecy. The penalty is severe - excommunication. At the North American College seminary, some of the 11 U.S. car- dinals joining the conclave posed for a group photograph before mak- ing the five-minute trip to the Vati- can. Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles carried a set of red robes in a clear garment bag and a small overnight bag hung from one shoul- der. They made no comments to reporters. The Turin daily newspaper La Stampa reported that many cardi- nals, preparing for a stressful stretch ahead, had packed compact disc players and headphones along with prayer books and their red hats. Other prelates, it reported, brought along favorite snacks. The public will get one more chance to view the cardinals before they begin their deliberations. This morning, a special Mass at St. Peter's Basilica is scheduled in the memory of John Paul, who died April 2 at the age of 84 and is buried with many other popes in the grottoes reached by stairs near the altar. Later in the day, the cardinals will gather in the Apostolic Palace for a procession to the Sistine Cha- pel while chanting a hymn seeking inspiration from the Holy Spirit. The cardinals then hear a prayer in Latin by the dean of the Col- lege of Cardinals, German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, to be guided "in our hearts in love and in patience." Ratzinger, 78, is considered a pos- sible papal candidate. Once inside the chapel, the prel- ates can decide to hold a single bal- lot. If not, they will begin voting tomorrow morning with four ballots a day. At least 77 votes - or two- thirds of attending - are needed to elect a pontiff during initial ballot- ing. Under rules updated in 1996 by the late pontiff, it could shrink to a simple majority at some point in the second week. Another new element comes with this conclave: Bells will ring after a new pope is chosen in an effort to avoid confusion over the color of smoke wafting from the chapel's chimney. The smoke is black if bal- loting fails to produce a pontiff and white if a choice is made. The next pope's name will be announced from the central balcony of the basilica a short time later. -6 0 0n L C C O c -4-j I' E a C-I " -~ buO E Q) V E 0 O' I-.- 0n 0- O V ct Li ci Sakina Al-Amin Antonia R. G. 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