US EditionCardinals Sequestered as Vatican Prepares for Historic Papal Conclave
- The cardinals will open the conclave on Wednesday to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church representing 1.4 billion members.
- This event follows the gathering of 135 cardinals under age 80 from 71 countries, with two absent due to health reasons, reducing electors to 133.
- The conclave is the most geographically diverse in history, including 52 Europeans, 23 from Asia, 18 from Africa, and cardinals from all inhabited continents.
- To be elected pope, a candidate must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes—89 out of 133 if all electors participate—with Cardinal William Goh of Singapore expressing backing for the candidate deemed most suitable for the role.
- Cardinals emphasize electing without regard to nationality, race, or language, as Cardinal Luis José Rueda Aparicio said, "We must look at all five continents.
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Conclave 2025: Cardinals are already settling in the Vatican to elect Francis' successor, in the most secret election in the world
They will stay in the House of Santa Marta and a neighboring building, without telephone, internet or media.This Wednesday, isolated from the world, the "princes of the Church" will vote from 10 a.m., Argentine time.
It's time to pick a new Pope
(Rome) — The College of Cardinals will meet Wednesday at the Vatican to start the process of selecting a new pope. They have been prepping for the upcoming papal election, called a conclave, in Vatican City. Conclaves are held in the Sistine Chapel and have historically lasted an average of four days. The candidate needs a two-thirds majority to become Pope. Ballots used in the last round are burnt and used to create smoke signals. Black smoke m…
College of Cardinals to elect new pope amid Catholic crisis of faith
On Wednesday morning, 133 cardinals will file into the Sistine Chapel to cast their votes for the next leader of the Catholic church. Pope Francis was laid to rest on April 26. Since then, the College of Cardinals has been meeting in what are known as general congregations. It’s a chance for them to meet each other, lobby for their picks and discuss what direction they feel the church needs to take. "Some of them, they don't really know each oth…
Calling Cardinal DiNardo with Conclave set to begin Wednesday
HOUSTON (KIAH) - In a recorded phone call from Vatican City late last week with Archbishop Emeritus Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, His Eminence discussed Conclave -- the gathering of Catholic Cardinals to elect a new pope -- with that solemn and secretive event starting on Wednesday. It will be Cardinal DiNardo's second Conclave having taken part in the election of Pope Francis in 2013. “I'm expecting some of the same things as part of the ritual and …
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