Election Of The Pope 2013

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 march 15 2013.

Election of the pope 2013. Cardinal jorge bergoglio takes name of francis after accepting his election as 266th head of roman catholic church. Under present canon law the pope is elected by the cardinal electors comprising those cardinals who are under the age of 80. On march 13 cardinal jorge mario bergoglio was elected pope francis.

The second council of lyons was convened on 7 may 1274 to regulate the election of the pope. After the 115 participating cardinal electors gathered they set 12 march 2013 as the beginning of the conclave. Observers expect a relatively short conclave 2013.

Vatican spokesman federico lombardi told the ansa news agency the election process could be over very quickly. The argentinian jorge mario bergoglio was elected pope on wednesday evening in the fifth round of votes. Wed 13 mar 2013 16 43 edt.

A little more than 24 hours and five ballots after that bergoglio emerged. The election of a new pope starting on tuesday is expected to be only a short procedure. The new pope was chosen against a background of.

On the fifth ballot the conclave elected cardinal jorge mario bergoglio sj archbishop of buenos aires. Pope benedict xvi steped down feb. Complete will be uploaded when i can.

Bergoglio s name as pope is francesco francis he is the first pope who has chosen this name. In 2013 the portuguese section of vatican radio reported that at the conclusion of the 2013 conclave the newly elected pope francis bestowed his cardinalitial zucchetto on archbishop lorenzo baldisseri the secretary of that conclave and on 22 february 2014 at pope francis first consistory baldisseri was formally made a cardinal with the. At 14 03 white smoke comes out signalling a new pope.