Conclave to select new pope will begin May 7

Selection of new pope beings with conclave May 7. Here’s how it works

The cardinal electors will be locked in the Sistine Chapel as everyone secretly votes for the person who they feel is deserving of the role of pope. Each twice-folded ballot is put in a large chalice.

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What is a conclave and how will a new pope be chosen?

Starting tomorrow at the Vatican, 133 cardinals will take part in a centuries-old secret ritual to choose Pope Francis’ successor. Here’s what to expect.

After the funerals for Pope Francis, the conclave will elect its successor from 7 May in the Vatican. All information on the election of the 267th Pope.

Two weeks after the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican is going through the countdown to determine who its successor will be. Conclave 2025 will begin on Wednesday, May 7, at a meeting in which, behind closed doors, the various cardinals will debate and vote. Once the most voted one has been resolved, the Holy See will leave the chimney installed, which will inform the confirmation that the necessary 89 votes were reached.The step by step of the…

On May 7 the election of the new Pope begins with a system that was established in the times of Gregory X in 1274 and that must end with the white smokerThe race towards the conclave begins with a defeat for the ultras: Cardinal Becciu takes a step to the side The Pope is chosen in a conclave since the times of Gregory X in 1274. The idea was to avoid very long elections like his own that took 34 months of vacant seat. It all begins in the morni…