Cardinals Run The Media Gauntlet Ahead Of Conclave

Source: International Business Times

French cardinal and Archbishop of Algiers Jean-Paul Vesco (C) arrives for the 6th congregation meeting at the Vatican AFP Catholic cardinals will be locked up for the papal conclave but for preparatory meetings this week they must run the gauntlet of journalists desperate for insights into who will be the next pope. "Your Eminence! Your Eminence!" shout reporters in front of Bernini's colonnade, a few steps from the majestic St Peter's Square, as the "Princes of the Church" meet every morning at 9:00am (0700 GMT). The Catholic Church's 252 cardinals have been called back to Rome following the death on April 21 of Pope Francis, the charismatic reformer who had led the world's 1.