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Conclave: 10 facts about the secret voting to elect a pope
Conclave,” the movie, may have introduced movie-goers to the spectacular ritual and drama of a modern conclave, but the periodic voting to elect a new pope has been going on for centuries and has created a whole genre of historical trivia.
"Conclave" tells the story of Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, dean of the College of Cardinals, played by actor Ralph Fiennes. Lawrence is tasked with leading a papal election or conclave after the pope ...
Smoke signals have occurred at mid-morning, noon, mid-afternoon and evening. The longest conclave took three years.
A significant shift in the landscape of the upcoming papal conclave occurred this week as Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, ...
The prayer book is the “ Ordo Rituum Conclavis ” (“Rites of the Conclave”), which was approved by St. John Paul II in 1998, ...
Pope Francis passed away on April 21, the day before the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave” was added to the Amazon Prime Video ...
As "Conclave" shows, the pope's signet ring, called Ring of the Fisherman, is destroyed after his death to signify the papal ...
Streaming viewership of "Conclave" surged 3,200 percent in the week after Pope Francis’ death. Viewers turned to that movie, which won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, to help them understand one of ...
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Some cardinals hope for a short conclave as they narrow in on candidatesCardinals meeting ahead of the conclave also discussed Vatican finances and Cardinal Becciu’s withdrawal from the election of ...
Over-80 cardinals, who cannot vote in the conclave, are lashing out at the Francis papacy, calling for change of course.
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