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After every round of voting during a conclave, the ballots are burned with chemicals in a process that enables the cardinals ...
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The rules and rituals for the election of a new pope say that immediately after his election, he goes into the sacristy of ...
He predicted Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa will be the next pope, and will choose the name Francis II.
The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...
After every two rounds of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots of the cardinals are burned in a special furnace to ...
The voting is highly choreographed and time-consuming to avoid any possibility of fraud or doubt about the results.
Here's everything you need to know about a conclave, the secret, centuries-old process used to select a new pope.
The conclave to elect a new pope, scheduled to begin May 7, is governed by two texts: a rule book and a prayer book.
The papal conclave will commence in May, when the cardinals will meet at St. Peter's Basilica and pray for the wisdom to ...