The conclave is about to begin and they say it typically last for around 4 days. 
As a predominantly Roman Catholic country, a lot of us here are excited at the thought that the next Pope could be Filipino. 
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They used to send smoke signals, on completion of the process. In these green times, they must now have a less polluting alternative?
I was interested by the headline about the “Cardinal who embraced Philippines’ gay Catholics”.
Do you think he embraced all of them? I’m wondering how long that would take. 