Conclave Of Pope Francis

It was an old custom of the privileges of the papal court that had been largely abandoned by popes for the last century as a relic of a bygone age but pope francis reinstituted it.

Conclave of pope francis. With his latest consistory the seventh of his seven year papacy pope francis has sent mixed signals about his unorthodox elevation of the clergy from the peripheries to the cardinalate and hence in a position that would make them candidates to become the next pope. An inside account of the conclave that changed history orbis books 2019 by gerard o connell america s vatican. Of these two are officials of the roman curia while just two.

Conclave election of pope francis marked by intrigue and betrayal of angelo scola by italians giulia belardelli huffpost italy in this photo made available by the vatican newspaper l osservatore romano pope francis is greeted by cardinal angelo scola as he meets the cardinals for the first time after his election at the vatican friday. On saturday pope francis created thirteen cardinals in a consistory nine of whom will be eligible to vote in a future conclave. 14 2020 credit.

The following excerpts are drawn from the election of pope francis. The 2013 papal conclave was convened to elect a pope to succeed pope benedict xvi following his resignation on 28 february 2013. Francis is the first jesuit pope the first from the americas the first from the southern hemisphere and the first pope from outside europe since the syrian gregory iii who reigned in the 8th century.

Is pope francis moving toward a conclave. Now we know that pope francis first of all keeps his thoughts fixed on what will come after me meaning on the future conclave whether this is to come sooner. During pope francis announcement there was no image of his predecessor s arms indicating that the previous pope was still alive and during pope pius xi s first appearance following his election at the 1922 conclave the banner showed the arms of pope pius ix instead of the arms of his immediate predecessor pope benedict xv.

By andrea gagliarducci pope francis arrives for his general audience in the paul vi audience hall at the vatican oct. Born jorge mario bergoglio 17 december 1936 is the head of the catholic church and sovereign of the vatican city state.