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These older Cardinals can "take part in the preparatory meetings of the Conclave," but they cannot vote. An interesting question arises concerning the maximum number of Cardinal electors (voting Cardinals).
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The cardinaldean (always the Bishop of Ostia) presides over these congregations, in which the cardinals take rank and precedence from the date of their elevation to the purple. ... For this election by secret ballot three cardinals (scrutatores) are chosen by lot each time to preside over the operation of voting,
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The College of Cardinals elect the Pope, most of the Cardinals have been Italian.So perhaps the question should be " Why are so many of ... The Pope is pprimarily the Bishop of ROME, which is part of Italy, even if the Vatican is an independent tiny City-State. Culture plays a large part of all our human decisions.
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Pope Benedict XVI changes the rules that will decide his successor, reversing reforms made by Pope John Pau Il. ... Pope John Paul II had altered the voting process to allow a candidate to be elected with only a slight majority. ... Cardinals who take part in the process take a vow of "absolute and perpetual secrecy".
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115 cardinals take part ... 0900: Morning voting starts ... Then one by one, in order of precedence, the cardinals filed to the centre of the chapel and placed their hands upon the Gospels to take an individual oath, again in Latin:
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Middle East business and finance news, research reports, IPOs, stocks, company directory, projects, funds, private equity, and Sukuk updated daily ... The coming conclave, which will elect a new Sovereign Pontiff, will include 185 cardinals, any one of whom may be elected. But only 117 cardinals may take part in the voting.
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When the conclave begins April 18, 66 cardinals will not be allowed into the Sistine Chapel to take part in the voting process that chooses the next pope.
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Papal conclave - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A papal conclave is a meeting of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a Bishop of Rome, who becomes the pope, when there is a vacancy in the office. The pope is considered by Catholics to be t...
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Any cardinal who turns 80 years old before the day the papacy is vacated cannot take part in the election. ... If the number of the ballots does not match the number of cardinals voting, all the ballots are immediately burned and the voting starts again.
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