It is an assembly reserved exclusively to cardinals under 80, who meet in the Sistine Chapel under strict isolation measures to choose the new Pontiff.
On April 21, Pope Francis died at age 88 at his Vatican residence, Marking the beginning of the period known as vacant headquarters and opening the process for the choice of a new leader of the Catholic Church.
This choice is carried out through the Conclavean assembly reserved exclusively to cardinals under 80, who meet in the Sistine chapel under strict isolation measures to choose the new pontiff.
During this process, numerous specific terms are used. For example, Camarlengo is the cardinal in charge of officially confirming the death of the Pope and temporarily administering Vatican’s affairs.
He Extra omnes It is pronounced at the beginning of the conclave to request that all the unauthorized, and the Scrutinium It is the act of voting, which requires a two -thirds majority.
The result of each vote is communicated through the Smoked: black if there is no agreement, white if a new Pope has been chosen, at which time the Habemus Papam.
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The new Pontiff adopts a Pontifical name And you have the Papali Paramenti before being presented to the world from the balcony of San Pedro.
Other keywords during the conclave
- Secret oath. Formal commitment of the cardinals and auxiliary personnel not to reveal anything of the conclave process under penalty of excommunication.
- Conclave rules. Rules that govern the process, currently established in the Universi Dominici Gregis Apostolic Constitution, promulgated by John Paul II in 1996 and modified by Benedict XVI and Francisco.
- Dean of the Cardenalicio College. Cardinal who presides over the conclave if he cannot vote (for being more than 80 years old), or that guides the deliberations if he can do it. It has no quality vote.
- Papali Paramenti. Papal clothing prepared in three different sizes (small, medium and large) and arranged in the so -called tears room so that the new pontiff put them immediately after being chosen. They include the white cassock, the muleta, the girdle, the solido and, sometimes, the papal stole.
Source: Ambito
