By Currents News
With just two days until the start of the conclave, all the cardinals who will be picking the next pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican has announced.
The 133 red hats have already drawn lots for their room assignments. They will be accommodated at the Casa Santa Marta and the Old Santa Marta — and be able to travel to the Sistine Chapel as they wish along a protected route.
On Monday, 132 of the electors took part in a general congregation, where they touched on a wide variety of topics such as the missionary nature of the Church and the role of women in the Church. Among those electors, 10 come from the United States, two from the Tri-State area: New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and Newark, New Jersey Cardinal Joseph Tobin.
The electors also include four American cardinals not currently in the United States: Cardinal Raymond Burke, who was the Archbishop of St. Louis but now is currently based in Rome; Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who formerly served in Texas but now is the prefect of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life; Cardinal James Harvey, who is from Milwaukee but serves as the archpriest of the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome; and Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, originally from Chicago but currently serving as the prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.
Among the red hats active in the U.S., there is Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, DC, and Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy of San Diego.