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Pressure is mounting in the United States and Italy to keep California Cardinal Roger Mahony away from the conclave to elect the future pope because of his role shielding sexually abusive priests.

There's a loud outcry. Mahony has made clear he is coming, and no one can force him to excuse himself from a case because of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

There's a grassroots movement referenced in the context of a political movement driven by the politics of a community. The term implies that the creation of the movement and the group supporting it are natural and spontaneous, highlighting the differences between this and a movement that is orchestrated by traditional power structures. A growing grass-roots campaign is underway that ordinary Catholics are demanding a greater say in who is fit to elect their pope. The sexual abusive priests cast a hideous shadow over the upcoming papal election.

Conclaves have always brought out the worst in cardinals' dirty laundry, with past sins and transgressions coming out daily in the world news days before the vote. This time is no different. Revelations of Mahony's sins are so fresh from sex abuse scandals in the United States and Europe.

This week, the influential Italian Catholic affairs magazine asked its readers if the Los Angeles-based cardinal Mahony should participate in the conclave given the revelations. "Your opinion: Mahony in the conclave: Yes or No?" reads the online survey of one of Italy's most-read magazines. The overwhelming majority among more than 350 replies has been a clear-cut "No."

The magazine is distributed free in Italian parishes each Sunday. The poll was initiated as a clear indication that the Catholic establishment in Italy has itself questioned whether tarnished cardinals should be allowed to vote. It is a remarkable turn of events for a conservative Catholic country that has long kept quiet about priestly abuse and still reverent to the church hierarchy in its backyard.