Chimney news: How is the Pope – The World

Last weekend, the chimney was placed a chimney on the roof above the Sikstinska chapel – otherwise it does not exist at all, nor is it necessary: ​​long ago the Pope’s gone are different.

But through the chimney, the world will find out whether the cardinals agreed who the new Pope will be.

Instead of a multitude of tourists who admire Michelangel’s frescoes in the Sicstine chapel, these days it may be the most exclusive club that exists, where they can only enter the election of the chief of the Catholic Church.

The procedure follows strict rules, although it changed during the two millenniums of the long history of the church: the first successor of St. Peter were not only priests, but also believers. The title of « important », cardinal bishops is « newspaper » from the fifth century.

But for centuries, the procedure follows a certain procedure, at least it is correctly determined only « recently » – before hardly about thirty years.

Detailed rules – relatively « new »

Because only Pope John Pavle II was 1996. published by the Apostolic Constitution, how the Cardinals will be elected by the pope under 80 years.

This file causes admiration and church historian from Augzburg, Jerga Ernesti: « No other document in the history of papillage is not so detailed and thoroughly in the case of sedisvacancies (’empty throne’) as that Jovan Paul II. »

He seems to be in the fingers, and his fingers had his chief of congregation for the science of faith and later Pope Racinger – « he wanted to take into account all possible situations and prevent all difficulties. »

But those rules are there – to break. In this provision, it says that « the maximum number of cardinals with the right to vote must not exceed 120 », but is the responsibility of future PAPs, how many cardinals will appoint.

During the pope Franje, at one point, there were as many as 140 under 80 years, now 135.

But these detailed rules are determined by the procedure even in cases such as at first, but it still came to the Vatican, but he did not sit in the Sikstin chapel, but in every electoral circuit, the « Commission » of the three cardinals will take its election checker.

Yet not everything is clear

Of course it is important more complicated if a cardinal is sitting in prison. It could happen even once three cardinals from Germany – not because of some religious persecution, but for a pursuit charge.

Because Cardinal from Cologne, Rajner Marija Velka, in court, gave a false statement in a case of sexual abuse, but the procedure was suspended after Germany’s cardinal paid 26 thousand euros of Globe.

But the confusion is possible even with such detailed rules: long ago the conclave found that two cardinals from Africa were actually younger than was believed and how it was younger than 80 years.

It is, of course, possible with not exactly appropriate documentation of baptism and gender sheets in the former colonies, but one of them remained at home.

Closed society

Most of the Secretity of the entire Pope Election Procedure, it is also known from Robert Haris « conclava », and today’s measures are far from Jovan Pavlo Cardinals in the conclave « over the phone or radio » with the world outside Sikstina.

Not only are the control cameras, even speakers in the conclave, but there are signal interference devices, so windows are reinforced as laser devices could not be eavesdropping in the chapel.

The choice procedure itself is quite accurately described in the novel: in each electoral circuit, it reads and checks out more dignitaries, because after that, all election checks are thrown in the fire – and burn black smoke, so no one is elected.

Some kind of lists are not, no conversation among the cardinals about who they could choose in the next round is not actually encouraged.

Because the Pope selection is considered a divine inspiration of cardinals participating in the choice.

This is confirmed by the mentioned cardinal Velka who participated in Pope Francis: « It’s all a big worship festival, a spiritual event » where the choice of pope is replaced by a common prayer for the help of the Holy Spirit to choose « real ».

Probably before the weekend …

The first round of elections will be held, already this Wednesday (7. May) after the formal start of the conclave.

From Thursday was determined that there could be four election circuits, two before and two in the afternoon. On the fifth day – this is in this case Sunday – a break is scheduled, but Monday can continue – if necessary.

Because in the distant past, there were conclaves that lasted for weeks, but that hasn’t been so long ago.

In the last concomancements, 2005. and 2013. years, white smoke furrowed in the evening of Benedict XVI and Francis, at John Paul II was only on the third day. For longer than that, but still only four days, it took only 1958. when John XXIII was selected.

After that, the secretity is no longer in the hall in front of the balcony above the Square of St. Petra Novi Pope waiting for three white uniforms – Mala, medium and large – but also Zihernadli (Puntapet) somehow looked when it appears in front of the gathered people and cameras.

And after that, it is also heard: Habemus papam, we have a pope. But who will be …