February 21, 2013: The director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi,
S.J., on Wednesday, responding to journalists' questions, commented that the Holy
Father is considering the publication of a Motu Proprio in the coming days, obviously
before the beginning of the Sede Vacante, to clarify a few particular points regarding
the Apostolic Constitution on the conclave that have arisen over the last years.
"I
don't know if he will deem it necessary or appropriate," he added, "to elucidate the
question of the opening date of the conclave. We will have to see if and when a document
is published. It seems to me, for example, the clarification of some details in order
to be in complete agreement with another document regarding the conclave, that is,
the Ordo Rituum Conclavis. In any case, the question depends on the Pope's judgement
and if this document comes about it will be made known through the proper channels."