The wait for the Vatican ended. This Wednesday, from 11:30 (Argentine time), 133 Cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel to start the 2025 conclave which will define the successor of Pope Francis.
This will be the most international papal choice of the moment After Francisco’s pontificate, who ordered 107 of the cardinals enabled to vote, many of them from peripheral countries. Purpurados may vote up to four times and, if not reaching an agreement, the elections will continue next Thursday.
2025 conclave: what will the process be to choose a new Pope
After the traditional mass prior to the election, the 133 cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel to define the future of the Catholic Church. The purple – and Secretary of State – Pietro Parolin It will be the one who presides over the event. Once inside the famous chapel, ecclesiastics will remain Incommunicated with the outside world.
In total, Cardinals can vote up to 4 times per day. For the traditional voting process, each purple will receive a blank ballot and write – of handwriting – a single name, under the phrase “Eligo in Summum Pontificem“After this, those present must deposit their vote in an urn after swearing:” I invoke Christ the Lord, who has to judge me, as a witness that my vote is given to the one who, according to God, I think he must be chosen. “
The ballots are counted by three responsible and, if the number does not match that of voters, the vote is destroyed and repeated. If there is coincidence, one by one aloud are read.
In case of not reaching the minimum of wills required to choose the new Supreme Pontiff – in this case, 89 – ballots are burned next to a chemist that long Black smoke by the chimney of the chapel to indicate to the faithful around the world that there is no new potato. On the other hand, in the event that ecclesiastics have managed to choose a new Pope, the papers will be burned along with another product produced by the recognized White smoking, which announces that the conclave came to an end.
Once the quorum is reached, the chosen one must accept – or not – its designation and choose a name that represents it. After this, the Catholic Church will announce the new Pope with the traditional “Habemus Papam“From the Lodge of the Basilica of San Pedro.
Francisco’s departure left a hole which will be difficult to fill, not only because of the strong leadership that characterized his pontificate but also because the Argentine He restructured the cardinal balances within the Catholic Church. This year’s conclave will be more international so farthanks to the designations of Bergoglio.
In detail, they participate Cardinals from 70 countries. Europe contributes 52, America 37 (including 17 from South America), Asia 23, Africa 17 and Oceania 4. Italy, with 17 voters, is the most represented country. The Middle Ages of the cardinals is 70 years old, and the youngest is the Ukrainian archbishop Mykola Bychok, 45.
At the time of the conclave, the cardinals celebrated the Mass “Pro choosing Pontiff” in the Basilica of San Pedro
Around 5,000 people They approached the Basilica of San Pedro this morning to participate in the Mass “Pro choosing pontifice”, A liturgical celebration that marks the beginning of the day prior to the start of the conclave that will define the successor of Pope Francis. The ceremony was headed by Cardinal Dean Giovanni Battista Re.
He Interior of the temple received more than 200 figures from the clergy, Between cardinals, bishops and religiouswhile in the Plaza de San Pedro some faithful followed the liturgy through the screens located abroad. Despite the threatening sky and that access to the basilica was restricted to the general public, the call was significant, although without reaching the levels of concurrence that are usually seen in similar events.
Security was another of the outstanding aspects of the day, With an operation that included police controls to access the square. At the same time, hundreds of journalists covered the day from the Plaza Pío XII and the structures specially mounted for the media.
Source: Ambito
