Cardinals advise the pope and some are assigned to work in specific positions in the Vatican.
The Roman Curia are those cardinals (and others) assigned to work in the Vatican as heads of departments and as advisers to the pope.
All the bishops, including the cardinals, serve to advise the pope on major issues.
The select few that work within the Vatican are called the Roman Curia. The entire body of cardinals is known as the College of Cardinals.
The pope appoints the cardinals.
The College of Cardinals began electing the pope in the year 1059
Roman Catholic AnswerTechnically God chooses the Pope working through his instruments, the Cardinals. They are the electors of the Pope as that is their job, that is why they are Cardinals to begin with.
Yes, the pope is elected by cardinals in a secret conclave held in the Sistine Chapel.
There have been a number of popes who were not cardinals. Pope Urban VI, pope from 1378 to 1389, was the last Pope to be elected from outside the College of Cardinals.
You do not run for pope. You are chosen as pope by the College of Cardinals. There is no campaign.
All cardinals under the age of 80 years make up the electorate that chooses a new pope.
Bishops that elect the pope are called cardinals.
Yes, the cardinals cast secret ballots when electing a new pope.