The conclave must be held between 5 and 10 May. The duration of the conclave is unpredictable because it depends on the agreement between the cardinals to choose a new pope. Once a successor has been chosen, the church will announce the news with the famous “Fumata Blanca”.
Today, Monday, the cardinals will continue with the general municipalities, the Preparatory meetings They can already use for the conclave dateFor the purpose of the crushed one candidate And to set up alliances to vote in the Sixtine Chapel.
After the novelty, the nine days of mourning with masses in San Pedro for the Pope who started his funeral on Saturday, the conclave It must be celebrated Between 5 and 10 MayTo respect the maximum period of 20 days after the pope’s death.
The choice of the date depends on the presence of all cardinals in Rome (two purple will be low for health reasons).
Conclave (from Latin cum key, with key)
Deep in the funeral rituals, the time of the conclave arrives, the ritual with which the cardinals under the age of 80 are locked up in the Sixtine Chapel to choose a successor to the deceased Pope.
The duration of the conclave is unpredictable because it depends on agreement Among the cardinals to choose a new pope. As soon as a successor has been chosen, the church will announce the news with the famous world “Fumata Blanca”The white smoke that leaves the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
Isolated from the world in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, 135 cardinals (two sloping way for health reasons are low) will be instructed during the coming days of choosing the new Pope of the Catholic Church. These are the most important keys to understand the conclusion process.
In these first contact shots before the funeral the cardinals of 71 different countries They acknowledge that they have had little time to get to know each other and that is why they need to familiarize you, to know, to compare opinions and identify potential candidates.
Of the 133 that enters the Sixtine Chapel, a total of 108, 80 %They were chosen by Le Pope Francis in their twelve years of pontificate and ten consistories, but this does not indicate that they are all Bergogians: many of them have not seen themselves in their lives because they come out of places as peripheral as a Mongolia, I go or Papúa New Guinea and with completely diverse ideas.
The first difficulty with which the cardinals must be confronted is the issue of participation or not of Angelo BecciuThat Francisco has removed the privileges of Purple for his involvement in a financial scandal – because he has been convicted – but he insists that he retains the privileges to introduce the conclave.
The Sixtine Chapel, closed
From today, the Vatican Sixtine Chapel will close to the audience close to the audience for the preparations for the conclave. “Note. It has been reported that the Sixtine Chapel will be closed to the public from Monday 28 April 2025 due to the demands of the conclave,” reads the official portal of the Vatican Museums.
Source: EITB
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