Absolute Silence by Michael Bolerjack Silence has been imposed on the College of Cardinals.

By what authority has this been done? Who in the church is higher than a cardinal in this time of the interregnum? They have rebuked the American cardinals for their press conferences and others for meetings with the Italian media. The names of the offenders, those who told too much, have been read aloud to their peers. And during the conclave itself, as Fr. Lombardi says, there will be absolute silence. Is it that dark angel Angelo Soldano, within whose name are unspeakable things and who is the man responsible for the desolation of abomination set up at Easter 2010, who has imposed this silence today, on behalf of the secretive, undemocratic curia? This strategy will backfire. There is nothing hid that will not be revealed. What you have heard whispered, you will later shout. The forces of reaction are trying to hang on in Rome to their not inconsiderable power. The American cardinals, and others, are setting out to save the church, if that is still possible. We should not be surprised if it is a long conclave.