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The following article provides all the details on the process of electing a new pope, from the moment of the current pontiff's death to the moment a new pope is proclaimed to the waiting world...
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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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The College of Cardinals elects a new pope in conclave, which is the process of sequestering the voting members of the college in Vatican City so that they have no contact with the outside world. ... The UDG laid out these rules for electing a new pope:
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The Sacred College of Cardinals meets in a secret conclave in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope. ... In the age of the bullet-proof popemobile, electing a new pope has gone modern. The Sacred College of Cardinals, the electoral body which chooses the pope, will continue to meet and vote in the Sistine Chapel.
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How a Pope Is Elected, For 900 years, electing a pope has been the prerogative of the College of Cardinals meeting in conclave. The cardinals meet in Rome 15 to 20 days after the death of a pope and pick a successor from among themselves in secret balloting. ... Pope John Paul II wrote the rules for electing his successor.
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The method of electing the pope has varied considerably at different periods of the history of the Church. . . ... For current procedures regarding the election of the pope, see Pope John Paul II's 1996 Apostolic Constitution UNIVERSI DOMINICI GREGIS. See also ELECTION OF THE POPES and CONCLAVE.
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Roman Catholic cardinals are locked into the Vatican's Sistine Chapel to start electing a new pope. ... Roman Catholic cardinals have been locked into the Sistine Chapel, beginning their secret election conclave to vote for the new pope.
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• The morning the conclave is set to begin, all the cardinals will take part in a Mass Pro Eligendo Papa - for electing the pope - celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica. This will be the last public event before the election begins, and the homily will be closely watched for clues as to what the cardinals are thinking.
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Pope Benedict XVI ... Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger became the most popular choice here for the man to succeed Pope John Paul II. Cardinal Ratzinger became the most popular choice here three days after the funeral of Pope John Paul II and never moved below first place here, once he took the top position of choice on this site.
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