Election Of Pope Paul Vi

The october 1978 papal conclave was triggered by the death of pope john paul i on 28 september just 33 days after his election on 26 august.

Election of pope paul vi. But his failure to oppose the apostasy stand up for his office and denounce the antipopes in the decades following those fateful days preclude catholics from holding that he remained pope. Pope pius xii s vacantis apostolicae sedis 1945 governed the conclave of 1958 pope john xxiii s summi pontificis electio 1962 that of 1963 pope paul vi s romano pontifici eligendo 1975 the two conclaves of 1978 john paul ii s universi dominici gregis 1996. Kennedy 2 july 1963 he reminded the council fathers that only a few years earlier pope pius xii had issued the encyclical mystici corporis about the mystical body of christ.

Senator matteo rosso orsini confined the cardinals to the septizodium during the 1241 election. Pope john paul ii laid out new procedures for the election of his successor in his apostolic constitution universi dominici gregis in 1996. Popes have often fine tuned the rules for the election of their successors.

We believe that cardinal siri was elected pope and unlawfully forced to resign thus invalidating the elections of john xxiii and paul vi. It detailed the roles of the cardinals and support personnel the scheduling of the conclave the text of oaths penalties for violating secrecy and many details even the shape of the ballots the ballot paper must be rectangular in shape. President with whom he visited as pope united states president john f.

The 1119 papal election took place in cluny abbey as a result of the expulsion of pope gelasius ii from rome by henry v holy roman emperor following the investiture controversy.