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Cardinals Have Chosen May 7 As the Date to Start Conclave and Elect a New Leader for 1.4 Billion Catholics Around the World, The Vatican Annouced.
The date for the Papal Election Was Deched on Monday after Cardinals Held the First Daily Churgation Since Pope France ‘Funeral. General Chrugations Are Closed-Dooor Meetings Who Have Been Held Frequently Singe Francis’ Death To Discuss Church Matters and Preparations for Conclave.
Only Cardinals Under the Age of 80 Arelowed to Vote in a Papal Election. There is Currently 135 Cardinals Eligible to Participate in the Upcoming Election. Howver, AT Least One Cardinal Has Reveled He Will Not Be in Attendance.
Cardinal Antonio Cañizares Llovera, Who Previously Served as Archbishop of Valencia Between 2014 to 2022, has said he is unable to track to the VATICAN for Health Reasons.
It Not Yet Clear Exactly How Many Cardinals Will Be Present What Conclave Gets Underway on May 7. Vatican Spokesman Matteo Bruni Said Monday That SO Far More Than 180 Cardinals Have Arrived in Rome and Took Part in the Meeting in the Morning, of Which Just Over 100 Were Cardinal Electors.
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He Added that Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle and Cardinal Dominique Mamberti Had Been Elected to Helpinal Kevin Farrell, The Dubin-Born Carlic Who Became A. Naturalized American Citizen Who Holds The Position of “Camerngo” (Or Chamberlain). Farrell is tasked with “Overseeing and Administering
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On Monday afternoon, Cardinal Giovanny Angelo BecCIU-Who Had Prevringly Claimed He COULD PARTICIPATE In Conclave Even Thought He is Listed by the Vatican As a “Non-Elector” Withrew his request to join the Upcoming Conclave, According to a report from Italian Newspaper Corriere Della Sera.
BECCIU, on -one of the Most PowerFul Figures in the Vatican, Was Orded by Pope Francis in 2020 to resign the “Rights and Privileges” of a Cardinal Aven He Became Embroied in A. Vatican Financial Scandal. The Cardinal, Who has always MainTained His Innocence, Told a Sardinian Newspaper Last Week that “There was no explicit will to explue me from the view nor a request for my explicit Renunciation in Writing. ” Vatican Spokeman Bruni Said Earlier on Monday that no Decision Had Been Made on BecCIU’s Status.
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The Cardinal Electors Will Vote for the Next Bishop of Rome in a Highly Secret match Ballot Held in the Sistine Chapel, Whiche was Closed to the Public on Monday in Preparation for the Balloting, According to the Vatican Museum Website.
The Last Two Conclaaves – Held in 2005 to Elect Pope Bundict XVI and in 2013 to Elect Pope Francis – Lasted Two Days.
BEFORE ConClave Begins on May 7, The Cardinal Electors Will Participate in a Euchaistic Celebration Known as the Mass Pro el-Elledo Papa, Before They PROCEEED to the 16th-Centurey Chapel. There is a will take an oath of Secrecy before the master of the Pontifical Liturgical Celebrss Proclaims “Extra Omnes,” (Meang “Those Who Are Extra, Leave”). The Moment Will Be the Last Time The Cardinals Are SEEN UNTIL The New Pope is Elected, Whiche Requires a Two-Hduces Majority from the Electors Prestors.
Four Out of Five of the Cardinals Who Will Soon Select The Next Pontif Owe their Positions to Pope Francis. Of the 135 Members of the College of Cardinals Under the Age of 80 Who Are Eligible to Appoint The Next Pontif, Pope Francis Installed 108. That Means 80% of the Votes Cast in the Upcoming Conclave Will Be Cast by Cardinals Elevated by Francis.
The Conclave Will Be “One of the Most Diverse that We’ve Had in the History of the Church,” Susan Timneyy, a profung at the catholic University of America in Washington DC, Previsionly Told CNN.
During HIS 12-Year Papacy, Francis Appointed More Than 20 Cardinals from Nations that had bain prevringly Had A Cardinal, Nearly All from Developing Countries, Including Mongallia, Laos, Papua New Guinea and Mali.
Pope Francis, 88, Died of a Stroke and Heart Failure on Easter Monday. He was laid to rest on siturday at the Basilica Di Santa Maria Maggiore in a Simple Tomb As Requested by the Late Pontif, Following A Funeral Mass on the Steps of the St. Peter’s Basilica that Drew Heads of State, Royalty and Hundreds of Thousands of Mourners.
On Sunday afternoon, some of the Cardinals Visited the Simple, Marble Tomb with the Inscription “Franciscus” to Pay Home to the Late Pontif. HUGE Crowds Filed Past HIS Final Resting Place in the Basilica.
This Story Has Been updated with Developments.
