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Vatican awaits arrival of 5 cardinals ahead of conclave

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March 5, 2013: Cardinals arrive for a meeting, at the Vatican. Tuesday brought a second day of pre-conclave meetings with cardinals to organize the election process and get to know one another. (AP)

VATICAN CITY –  The Vatican is now waiting for five more cardinals to reach Rome before setting the date for the conclave to elect a new pope.

The Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said another handful of cardinals had arrived Monday night, bringing the number of voting-age cardinals up to 110 of the 115 expected to take part.

During the second day of pre-conclave meetings, cardinals asked for information about the management of the Vatican bureaucracy — and managers responded — after cardinals said they wanted to get to the bottom of allegations of corruption and cronyism in the Holy See’s governance.

Also Tuesday, cardinals signed off on a telegram sent to Benedict XVI thanking him for his “brilliant” ministry and his “untiring work in the vineyard of the Lord.”

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