How does the Catholic Church choose the new leader?

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The death of the Pope Francisi was greeted with a sadness from the Catholics in the crossroads of the catholics of the Catholics.

However, after the end of the mourning, the papal floor, the secret Vatican collecting the secret Vatican, where cardinal will choose the heir of the francis.

Although the papatics are often described as a monarchy without a dynasty, the cardinals – the so-called princes of the church – will rule and give a moral leadership to 1.4 billion catholics around the world.

How does the floor work?

Cardinals are banned from any oral or written contact with the foreign world, for many rounds of hidden ballots in the Vatican.

Sounds According to Toronto Archdiocese, previously swept for mistakes, then the cardinals were locked and sealed inside.

During each round, the voters wrote the name of the selected candidate in a piece of paper and place their conscience to a silver URN called “God before God”. After that, the results, the potential bidders and the power of their support are read.

The voting continues until two-thirds of the voters provide a set of two. The ballot papers are burned after each round, if no decisions were made, the white smoke is extracted and white smoke shows the next Pope’s choice.

Then poured with prayers for divine wisdom for your election parts and promise eternal privacy about the trial Francis Indeed, it was illuminated in the years later, the results were published in 2005 and 2013.

Who is involved?

All 252 Catholic Cardinal can participate in preliminary consultations to assess the modern problems of Francis’s heritage and church – discussions that can have a great impact on the vote. But the cardinals under the age of 80 may be a new papine or elected.

Francis’s predecessor Pope Benedict, 120 of the number of voters, 20 new noises called in December, including 20 new noise cards, including 136 voters, were reportedly reported.

In general, Francis has set 80 percent of this group reflecting global variable makeup Catholic church Decrease in historical European Heartland while developing elsewhere.

A total of 53 Europeans are 24 years old, 18 from Asia, Africa, 21, central and South America, 16th from 16th to America.

How long will it last?

In the Middle Ages, the papal results in a few weeks or even months fighting competing fractions to install favorites in the vacant seat. Late, the decision setting was accelerated, with the latest POPs in a few days.

In 1978, eight rounds to choose Pope John Paul II, in 2013 after four rounds in 2005, Francis was selected in 2013 in 2013.

However, Professor of the Theology of theology of Villanova, Massimo Faggioli said that the number of voters and their geographical diversity and geographical diversity and consensus will be more complicated. “It will be very confused – more than them and they do not know each other well,” he said.

The Conch will start after two to three weeks Francis’s deathTo give Cardinals from world time to travel to Rome.

If no decision is made in three days, voters take a day, prayer and informal consultations, before starting the voting. After each seven unsuccessful rounds, voters take a break again. If a Pope is not yet selected after 33 rounds, the field is cut in the best two cardinals with a third majority to ensure the area.

Is there any favorites for work?

Race to succeed Francis After the hat, the driver, especially in order to make the church more incrusted, caused the traditional injustice.

Although there were no official candidates, the deceased Pope’s disease has been more than a arch-conservative from Liberal to several potential successors in Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Of course, the unexpected and early front workers are unpredictable by dark horses that support the voting.

“The secret of sounding the secret does not have a lot of voting in the first voting – but it is possible to increase the walk,” said Faggioli.

As a very popular Italian proverbs, “A Pope Cardinal comes into the list.”