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A guide to the conclave - electing a pope
A cardinal (from the Latin "cardinalis" or principal) is a high dignitary of the Catholic Church chosen by the pope to assist him in his government. The main dicasteries - the Holy See equivalent of government ministries - are, for the most part, headed by cardinals. Their exact title is Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church.
It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that put an end to the longest papal election in ...
The conclave is a time-honored process conducted in secrecy behind the locked doors of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
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How long will the upcoming papal conclave take? Likely not that long, according to one cardinal, who is personally hoping for ...
The secretive conclave held in the Sistine Chapel requires a two-thirds of majority and involves up to four round of voting per day.
Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.
As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...
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How long was the longest papal conclave? Key facts and historyConclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...
In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope Clement IV’s successor, making it the longest conclave in the Catholic Church’s history. It’s also where the ...
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