The conclave will choose the Pope: The conclave is a general assembly of cardinals-elector who chooses a new pope. They are clergy who are under 80 years old. The conclave should be gathered after two or three weeks after the death of Francis. In the next three days The casket with the body of Pope Francis will be staged in the Vatican Basilica. The Pope expressed the wish that the coffin would be closed differently than in the case of previous popes.
Pope Francis is dead. When the conclave?: She is unknown for now Franciszek's funeral dateafter which for 8 days the Church will celebrate services for the deceased Holy Father. The new pope will be chosen by cardinals-electricals behind the closed door of the Sistine Chapel. The conclave begins between 15 and 20 days after the Pope's death or resignation. The Holy Father is selected in a secret ballot from the group of cardinals.
Conclave in the Sistine chapel: At the time of the conclave, the Sistine Chapel is completely isolated from the outside world. Cardinals, among others They take an oath that they will never reveal the content of the meeting and voting. When the oath takes the last cardinals, the papal ceremony speaks the words “Extra Omnes” and all unauthorized ones, or mainly journalists, must leave the chapel.
“I choose for the pope”: Cardinals choose a new Holy Father by voting – by filling out traditional cards. Selected surname They enter under the inscription: “eligo in summum pontific”, or “I choose to the pope”. For full transparency, the cardinals electors who wrote out and submitted cards, lift them and holding them up to the altar. There they throw them into the urn. In this way, cardinals give cards to effect – until one of the candidates receive at least 2/3 votes. In the first days, the conclave electors vote four times – twice in the morning and twice in the afternoon. If they do not choose the pope for three days, the vote is suspended for one day. It's time for prayer and meditation.
White smoke: After voting, the cards are calculated, checked and then roasted with the addition of special chemicals. If the voting did not bring the decision, black smoke floats from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel. The election of a new pope is announced by: white smoke and hitting the bell of the basilica. Less than an hour after the appearance of white smoke, Cardinal deacon appears on the balcony of the Vatican Basilica and announces “great joy”. The famous words: “Annuntio vobis Gaudium magnum – Habemus Papam”, after which the new pope blesses Urbi et orbi, i.e. the city and the world.
See also: Franciszek died. More in the text “Pope Francis is dead. He died at the age of 88”.
Sources: IAR, Gazeta.pl