Election Of New Pope

The roman catholic church has a new pope.

Election of new pope. It was according to these rules that albano luciano patriarch of venice was elected pope john paul i and that a little over a month later karol wojtyla cardinal archbishop of krakow was elected pope john paul ii. Over the next 2 3 weeks certain rituals will take place and a successor to pope john paul ii will be chosen by the roman catholic electing cardinals. Even the other pope who resigned celestine v did not really retire.

The election of a new pope mar 11 2013 martin kelly see all 164 of my articles. Pope john paul ii himself promulgated a whole new set of rules in 1996 in the apostolic constitution universi dominici gregis. For the first time since the late 1200s a pope has resigned.

The nine episode series stars jude law reprising his role as pope pius xiii and john malkovich as pope john paul iii the titular new pope. White smoke flowed from the chimney above the sistine chapel in the vatican shortly after 6pm on wednesday signalling that one of the candidates for the. Do you accept your canonical election as supreme pontiff.

Following a vacancy in the papacy the cardinals hold a series of meetings at the vatican called general congregations. Basically the process will involve 5 steps. Concerns around political interference led to reforms after the interregnum of 1268 1271 and pope gregory x s decree during the second council of lyons.

They will also prepare for the upcoming papal election called a conclave. They discuss the needs and the challenges facing the catholic church globally. 2 3 5 and an embassy was despatched to constantinople to request the official confirmation of the election.

Like a monarch the pope has never really had an opportunity to retire they have died in place. The election of a new pope could start sooner than the earliest possible date of march 15 it emerged today. These are historic times.