LI Catholics share hopes for next pope
Photo credit: AP | Cardinal Timothy Dolan waves to reporters as he arrives for a meeting at the Vatican. The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the election. One U.S. cardinal said a decision on the start date is expected soon. (March 8, 2013)
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When the cardinals who will elect the next pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church begin their voting Tuesday it will be in conclave, closed to the outside world.
But for Long Island Catholics at St. John of God in Central Islip and St. Mary of the Isle in Long Beach Sunday, the conversation was very much in the open, conducted on the church steps after Mass.
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