Conclave: How is the new Pope and what are the rules?
21. Apr 2025 at 12:35
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The election of the Pope announces white smoke.
Eliminate external influences, personal sympathy and antipathy, political interests and be influenced by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
This is and was an objective goal of the so -called. Conclave – the College of Cardinals until they agree on the name of the new Pope.
The length of the Conclave is “devious”, it can be a record choice within one day (Boniface VIII.
How the Conclave originated
The first real conclave occurred in Vesserb, after the death of Pope Clement IV. (died in November 1268).
The division of cardinals into two camps – the Professian and Italian – was significantly complicated by the selection of a suitable successor.
On his election, they agreed up to 1 September in 1271, only thanks to the « presence » of the city’s inhabitants.
He approached those who were distant, the conservatives did not like its openness. Pope Francis died Read
In June 1270, they decided to hold the indecisive cardinals « under the key » (in Latin cum Clave) in the local Papal Palace until they elected the new Pope. And not only that, they disassembled the roof over their heads and limited their diet.
The first day of September, after almost three years, they finally agreed on behalf. Tedaldo Visconti, a friend of Tomáš Aquinas, became the new pope. At that time, the newly elected Pope was in the Holy Land. So it took some time to take office.
He arrived in Vesserba only in March of the following year, where he finally moved to Rome, where he received the name Gregor X.
“Roman bishop”
After the episode in Vesserb, when the Pope « involved » the inhabitants of this Italian city, a century passed.
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