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The most surreal papal election process took place between 1268 and 1271. The man chosen wasn’t even a cardinal and wasn’t ...
It was the mounting rage of citizens in Viterbo, a small town north of Rome, that ended the longest papal election in the ...
There is no limit as to how long a conclave can last when electing a new Pope. One vote will be held on the first day of ...
The cardinals who enter the Sistine Chapel use smoke signals to let the outside world know when a new pope has been chosen.
A chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican will signal the election of a new pope and leader of the Catholic Church.
First of all, the conclave has a rule that if the voting takes too long, then a pope can be elected with a 50+1 percent of ...
The papal conclave is a mystery to many. Here's what we know about the process of selecting a new leader for the Roman Catholic Church.
Conclave” the film may have introduced moviegoers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic ...