A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church. [1]

1 day ago · Cardinals attend mass at St. Peter's Basilica before the start of the conclave, the process of selecting a new pope, that led to the election of Pope Francis, in March 2013 at the Vatican.

Jan 24, 2025 · Papal conclave is the assembly of cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church to elect a new pope and the system of strict seclusion to which they submit. The term comes from the Latin term cum clave, which means ‘with a key.’

1 day ago · To begin the process, there is a special morning mass, after which the 120 Cardinals of voting age would gather inside the exquisitely decorated Sistine Chapel – home of all the Papal Conclaves ...

1 day ago · The ‘Conclave’ effect. It doesn’t help that the Oscar-nominated movie “Conclave” is in theaters and has made everyone an expert in the arcane rules and spectacular drama involved in a papal election. Or that Francis recently extended the term of the dean of the College of Cardinals rather than find someone new to fill a key job during the next papal transition.

Papal elections since 1276 have taken the form of papal conclaves, which are elections that follow a set of rules and procedures developed in Ubi periculum (1274) and later papal bulls; observance of the conclave varied until 1294, but all papal elections since have followed relatively similar conclave procedures.

Oct 25, 2024 · After the death (or resignation) of a Pope, the governing of the Church falls to the Sacred College of Cardinals, whose main responsibility becomes the election of a new Pope. The Conclave, which consists of about 120 electors, is the gathering of cardinals for the purpose of selecting a new pope.

A conclave was convened on the 12th of March 2013 to elect a pope to succeed Benedict XVI, who had resigned on February 28th. 115 participating cardinal-electors gathered. On the fifth ballot, [1] the conclave elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, SJ, Archbishop of Buenos Aires.He took the pontifical name Francis.

4 days ago · Papal conclave - Election, Procedure, Cardinals: Upon the termination of a pope’s reign, the cardinal camerlengo, the personal representative of the Sacred College of Cardinals in the administration of the church, takes up residence in the Vatican Palace.

A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope. Catholics consider the pope to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and the earthly head of the Catholic Church. [1] The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since ...