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Yes, I have read this also.

They now break for lunch (which I don't doubt, this being Rome, and they being the Conclave of Cardinals, will be delicious) before participating in a further two rounds of voting this afternoon and evening.

It was interesting to observe the use of social media among the Cardinals - many posting yesterday that they were about to surrender their phones, for example, before the start of the actual conclave.
I’m sure they will order Big Mac meals from McDonald’s and have it delivered by Uber Eats.
 
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I’m sure they will order Big Mac meals from McDonald’s and have it delivered by Uber Eats.
In a city that is famous for its Pasta Carbonara, (one cardinal was quoted a few days ago about how he "met people over a plate of carbonara and a glass of wine"), Pasta all'Amatriciana, Pasta Cacio E Pepe, and Pasta alla Gricia - the four classic pasta dishes of Rome - among other dishes?

No, I don't think so.
 
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In a city that is famous for its Pasta Carbonara, (one cardinal was quoted a few days ago about how he "met people over a plate of carbonara and a glass of wine"), Pasta all'Amatriciana, Pasta Cacio E Pepe, and Pasta alla Gricia - the four classic pasta dishes of Rome - among other dishes?

No, I don't think so.
Those all sound pretty good.
 
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About lunch…

FoxNews said:
After two ballots failed to elect a pope, the 133 cardinals broke for lunch ahead of at least one further round of conclave voting in the afternoon.

The cardinals are secluded from the outside world in order to ensure the integrity of the vote is not compromised, and so they take their meals at a Vatican guesthouse. And while the Sistine Chapel is known for its elegance, the meals the cardinals are being served are considered very simple Italian fare like pastas, soups, arrosticini (lamb skewers) and boiled vegetables, according to the BBC.

“Food you could eat at a train station” was how Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, a conclave veteran from the Italian city of Genoa, described the standard of food to the New York Times . “Not exciting.”

The meals are prepared by religious sisters and designed to be straightforward to help the conclave concentrate. Items like stuffed ravioli and roast chicken are prohibited since they may posed security concerns as they could potentially conceal messages intended to breach the conclave's strict confidentiality.
 
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About lunch…
The thing about Italy - and food - is, (and, here, I write from personal experience), the quality of the food (and espresso) available in places such as (petrol, gas) service stations (and, indeed, airports and train stations), while mind-numbingly mediocre to Italians, is still on a par with what the rest of the world considers rather good Italian cuisine.

What an Italian would describe as "not exciting", is - because the quality of food served in Italy, even in the sandwich bars - is so good - something that the rest of the world would consider excellent, or, at the very least, exceedingly good.

Okay, granted, for outstanding, or exceptionally good, food, yes, you will need to dine in a reasonably good restaurant.

In any case, I remember being absolutely stunned by the excellent quality of espresso available in service stations, the excellent toasted panini I was able to buy in the airports, and the dry goods for sale in such spots (for when Italians need an emergency stock up, having, for example, flown into the nearest airport, or arrived by train, and are in need of emergency provisions) are the sort that tend to be found in upmarket delis in our world, but are what they would regard as pretty basic provisions.
 
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The next Pope is an American, y'all: former Cardinal Robert Prevost. My wife is going to be disappointed for about five minutes. She was hoping Cardinal Parolin would be chosen.

Edit: Pope Leo XIV.

Now I need to look up the history of all the Pope Leo's to see what philosophy they share. A Pope choose a name usually based to his alignment with the ideal of his predecessors.
 
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Wow this could be interesting,
Very interesting.
we had a South American Pope, now a North American.
And they, in turn, had been preceded by a German, and someone from Poland.
I spoke to a Filipino who was a bit disappointed the new Pontiff was not from there.
Agreed.

Apparently, a Cardinal from the Philippines, Luis Antonio Tagle, is highly respected, quite young, and was considered one of the cardinals deemed "Papabile" (a serious candidate for the Papacy, in other words).

Mind you, Francis himself had apparently been the runner-up (though by a wide enough margin) to Benedict, in the conclave of 2005.
 
What touched me while watching the new Pope's first appearance before his people was his emotional response to this whole thing as he greeted the audience of people out there in front of him at the Vatican and also those of us around the world.....he clearly was experiencing a huge mixture of feelings right then: still absorbing the news and understanding of the faith and trust his peers, fellow Cardinals, had just placed in him and seeing and hearing the joy of the people as he also spoke to them (us), with his words gently reminding everyone of the power and blessing of peace and wishing it for all of us.....
 
From my home town, Chicago. Some say choosing an American cardinal was a bold and brave choice that few predicted, especially these days of heightened tensions between the superpowers.

 
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