The Sistine Chapel is where the Cardinals meet to elect a new Pope.
Sistine Chapel.
Bishops that elect the pope are called cardinals.
The cardinals use paper ballots to elect a pope. There are no voting machines used.
2/3 of the eligible cardinals (under age 80) are needed to elect a pope.
The College of Cardinals
The College of Cardinals elect the pope.
Cardinals elect Popes, but they are not necessarily bishops.
The Pope gets elected by the Cardinals not the people.
All cardinals under the age of 80 years make up the electorate that chooses a new pope.
10 cardinals. 3 of them are eligible to elect a new pope.
The Cardinals role was to elect a new Pope when the See of Peter was vacant
He was elected in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican.
Only those cardinals under the age of 80 who are able to travel to Rome elect the pope.