His exit came as at least a dozen other cardinals tarnished with accusations that they had failed to remove priests accused of sexually abusing minors were among those gathering in Rome to prepare for the conclave to select a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.

Two hours before nightfall, the whole body met again in a chapel within the conclave […]

Therefore the safe return of the Roper party was the usual topic of our nightly conclaves in the verandah.

More than 2,500 of globalisation's movers and shakers gather for their annual four-day mountaintop conclave this week, aware that the world is still being shaken by the events of half a decade ago.

Conclave

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