With the Death of Pope Francis, The WHEELS ARE IN Motion to Select a New Pontiff.
The Rituals for Choosing a New Pope Are Elaborate and Date Back Centuries. So How does it work?
Here’s What Will Be Happiness at The Vatican.
Who A Pope Dies Or, More Rarely, Resigns, The Catholic Church Enters a Period Called “Sede Vacante”. This Means “Empty Seat”
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DURING THIS Time A Cardinal – Known As The Camerlengo Or Chamberlain
“Sede Vacante” Generally Lasts Severeral Weeks Who The Pope’s Body Lies in State, His Fuunderal Is Held and The Cardinals Prepare to Gather for the Conclave.
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The Conclave
The Conclave TAKES PLACE IN THE SYSTINE CHAPEL, The Famous Vatican Hall Whose Walls and Ceilings Are Decoraced with the Works of Michelangelo.
The Meeting Features Cardinals from All Over The World and Lasts Until A New Pope is Chosen. Only Cardinals Under The Age of 80 (Cardinal Electors) Are Allowed to Partitikate in the Conclave and Cast Their Vote for the New Pope.
Currently, of the 252 Cardinals, there are 135 Cardinal Electors: 53 from EUROPE; 23 from Asia; 20 from North America; 18 from Africa; 17 from South America; And Four from Oceania.
The Country with the Most Cardinals Who Can Vote Is Italy With 17, The Us Has 10 and Brazil Has Seven Seven. The uk Has Three.
Shadows Across a Papal Crest Dedicated to Pius Pius XII. Pic: Reuters
Once the Conclave Begins, The Cardinals Will Not Emergean from Vatican Undil a New Pope Has Been Elected. The Word “Conclave” Comes from Latin, Meaning “
They Holding Voting Sessions in the Sistine Chapel and Sleep in the Casa Santa Marta Hotel Inside The Vatican’s Grounds.
The Longest Conclave Last Nearly Three Years, Between 1268 and 1271. Sever HAVE LASTED ONLE The one who elected Pope John Paul in 1978 Last Less Three Three Days. Cardinals Chose Pope Francis in Around Two Days.
Who the Conclave is onging, Cardinals are notice to Communicate with the Outside. No Telephones, Internet Use Or Newspapers Are Allowed.
Except for the first day, when it only one ballot is the hed, The Cardinals Hold Two Daily Balloting Sessions Until One Candidate Has a Majority of Two-Thirds Plus One. They all sworn to secrecy about the voting.
White Smoke?
So how do we know if a change of a change? Yes, this is the Black Smoke, White Smoke Part.
IF The Cardinals, the Cardinals, a Majority, The Cards and The Talloly Sheets Are Placed in a Stove and Burnad
No Pope Yet … Black Smoke Rising from the Sistine Chapel. Pic: Reuters
Watching for the Tell-Tale Smoke of the Top of the Sistine Chapel Is Something of A Tradition,
IF No Result Has Been Reached in Three Days, The Sessions are Suspended for a Day to Allow For Prayer and Discussion. More Ballots Are Then Held Until A Two-Thirds Majority is Reached.
Who Enough Cardinals Agree on a Candidate for the Next Pope, That Candidate is the Assembly Assembly
The ballots are burned as bephore, but with but with the product.
Vestments Are Made for the New Pope in Three Sizes. Pic: Reuters
New Pope Proclaimed
The New Pope Thren Donses Haytün Papal Vestments
The Senior Cardinal Deacon Then Steps Out Out Outle Blue of St Peter’s Basilica Overlooking the Square and Annunces in Latin: “Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum. Habemus Papam” Name and the name he has has chosen.
The new Poperars on the Balcony to Deliver His First Pontifical Greeting and Blows The Crowds in St Peter’s Square.
A Few Days Later, The New Pope Celebrates A Mass That Marks The Beginning of His Ministry.
