What is a conclave? Inside the process to name the next pope

Cardinals will meet in a conclava to elect the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church and the successor of the Franciscan Pope, who died at the age of 88. The date of the conclava will be announced after the funeral of the pope on Saturday, hand over to Reuters, which publishes a series of key data on this conclavum, one of the oldest and most secret electoral processes in the world.

During the conclave, the cardinal electors will meet behind closed doors in the Sistine Chapel to elect the successor of Pope Francis, who died on Monday at the age of 88.

The Vatican is preparing to define the new Pontiff after the death of Pope Francis. The process was activated with the declaration of Vacant See, a period in which the Catholic Church does not have Pope. The world's attention is now focused on the Conclave 2025, in which the successor of the first Argentine Pope will be chosen.What is stroke? The cause of the death of Pope FrancisFrancisco died on Monday, April 21, at the age of 88, in Rome, due…

Before the conclave, cardinals will talk and politick

(RNS) — When a pope resigns or dies, church law mandates that cardinals gather in Rome within 15 to 20 days to elect a new pope. For serious reasons, the beginning of the conclave can be delayed an additional five days, but not longer. In the age of jet travel, this provides enough time for cardinals from all over the world to get to Rome, unless their government bars them from going. Church prelates believe delaying the election could lead to u…

After the death of Pope Francis, this is what we need to know about the process of electing a new Pope, known as a conclave. Ritual words, pronounced in Latin, open and close the secret process of selecting the new Pope. It begins with “Extra omnes” (or “Out of all!”), expelling all cardinals, except voters, from the Sistine Chapel, where the conclave’s vote is held. It ends with “Accepto” (“I accept”), the solemn word pronounced by the victorio…

How the new Pope is elected and how the Conclave works: voting, smoking and shifts. Everything you need to know