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I hope for white smoke this evening. (May 8, 2025 at 11:01 a.m.)

— Giovanni Battista Re

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As quoted in Seconda giornata di conclave, fumata nera alle 11.51 LIVEBLOG, ANSA.it (May 8, 2025)

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Only by following Christ and accepting his teaching can we find adequate ways and criteria for building a future of unity and justice, the civilisation of love and peace.

I was on the terrace of the Secretariat of State, with colleagues and Archbishop Agostino Casaroli. His first line was: "Never would I have thought that the conclave would choose a cardinal from a diocese beyond the Iron Curtain!" We all asked him many questions, and Casaroli explained that he was a "man of vision". He concluded: he will bring novelty, but he will be a good Pope.

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