Inside the conclave: How it works

[pookerville]

In a world of instant polls by the internet, this is the most time honored way to select a new Pope.

[vaticanfactual]

Cardinals can vote for themselves. They have the permission to vote for anyone they think will be the best Pontifex Maximus, even themselves.

[randywoodworth]

Imagine if an American cardinal became pope, the firestorm would be huge.

[chicomanization]

who's here after watching The Two Popes?

[carlmoore]

"Under 80" (re: conclave participation) is now applied to the moment the papacy became vacant, not to the start of the conclave. This rules out scheduling of the conclave to include or exclude a Cardinal who is very close to the age limit. Cardinal Walter Kasper was 79 when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, and actually entered the 2013 conclave at age 80, having reached 80 BEFORE that conclave. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, 1 week older than Cardinal Kasper, was 80 when Pope Benedict resigned and was not in the conclave.

[boinik]

the one who told this one has been excommunicated.

This would have been so useful for my project a week ago... Thanks Obama

[Ngan.marianguyen]

This is soo cool 😮 thanks for the animation!

[dalecvetkovic]

Just ask Tom Hanks how it works..hel solve it

[Sanguiluna]

"Cardinals are not allowed to vote for themselves"
How do you even enforce that? If the ballots are anonymous and they're all read out loud together after everyone votes instead of one by one as they come in, there's no way the other Cardinals could possibly know who voted for who.

[andremartinez]

But this is not how it worked in time of Pope Honorius II with Bernard de Clairvaux.

[etrnlygrtful]

You forgot to mention the ringing of the bells along with the white smoke to confirm that a new Pope has been elected.

[RadagonTheRed]

And somehow … that makes the pope infallible.

[Yongle]

as always, atrocious anglophone pronunciation of anything other than english.. it's: "eligo in summum pontificem".

[TrevorBrass]

So many Cardinals in such a small space.

[MrTimmyCollins]

The Catholic Church = The fullness of the truth.

[glenp.]

A dandy RuneScape rendering. Looks like a drop party.

[thedarktower]

@CaliforniaLovee1

The Pope is not seen as a god . That is a strawman.

[eduardoGOMILALOsalinas]

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[franciscoribeiro]

Igreja Santa e fundada por Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo, aliás:..A Única!