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Divine Liturgy in the Maronite Rite. Principal Celebrant: His Beatitude Pierre Nasrallah Cardinal Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites. Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir celebrates mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr Husar (L), Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir (C), and Syrian Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud attend a mass at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City April 14, 2005. Cardinal Pierre Sfeir Nasrallah, Patriarch of the Antioch for Maronites, left, and Cardinal Lubomyr Husar from Ukraine, right, celebrate a Mass for Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April...

Principal Celebrant: Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute for General Affairs of the Secretariat of State.  

Chief Celebrant: Cardinal Eugenio de Araujo Sales, proto-priest of the College of Cardinals. Cardinals attend Mass at the Vatican's St Peter's Basilica April 12, 2005. Roman Catholicism's conclave to elect a new pope will start at 1430 GMT next Monday in the Sistine Chapel following a public morning Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican said on Tuesday. Once the conclave begins, the cardinals will not emerge from the Vatican until a new pope has been elected. They will hold voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel and sleep in the Casa Santa Marta hotel inside the Vatican grounds. REUTERS/Osservatore Romano-Arturo...