Today begins 2025 conclave, process for the choice of the next Pope after the death of Francisco i. The vote will be carried out inside the Sistine Chapel and the person in charge of closing it before the process was the Cardinal Indian George Jacob Koovakad.
Who is the cardinal who closed the Sistine Chapel
Koovakad was born in Chethipuzha, India, on August 11, 1973, and was ordered priest in 2004 in Changanacherry. Entered the diplomatic service of the Holy See and worked on the nunciatures of Algeria, South Korea, Iran, Costa Rica and Venezuela.
“The love of Pope Francis for the poor and marginalized, has always resonated in me and shared this common perspective,” Vatican News said in October 2024.
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The Apostolic Constitution establishes a voting calendar until A new Pope for a two -thirds majority of the votes. While there are established procedures for a duration of more than three days, There are no expectations that the 2025 process extends so much.
“I will worry if it begins to last more than three days,” said the history professor at the University of Notre Dame Kathleen Sprows Cummings. During the twentieth century, only twice a conclave lasted more than expected: five days (1903 and 1922), while in the 21st century, those of 2005 and 2013 lasted two days each.
The process voters are the cardinals, the greatest rank clergy in the Catholic Church After the Pope, and they must be under 80 years to be considered eligible. A number of 133 is expected, with two less that will not participate for health reasons.
The secret of the process “is To help prevent, on the one hand, that political and other entities have influence as much as possible”Said theology professor at the Franciscan University of Steubenville Jeffrey Morrow.0
Source: Ambito
