White smoke issues from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel when the ballots are burned.
After the a vote is taken the ballots are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel and chemicals mixed with them. If the smoke is black, no pope has been elected. If the smoke is white, a new pope has been chosen.
After the a vote is taken the ballots are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel and chemicals mixed with them. If the smoke is black, no pope has been elected. If the smoke is white, a new pope has been chosen.
Technically, all you need to be to qualify to be elected as pope is be a male baptized Catholic. However, it has been centuries since a pope has been elected who was not a cardinal.
For several centuries the pope has been elected from among the cardinals. It is not a requirement but has become a tradition.
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.
Until July 2 of 311 the papacy was experiencing sede vacant as no pope had been elected. On July 2 Pope St. Miltiades was elected.
The man elected as pope does not have to be ordained. However, once he is elected as pope he must be ordained as a bishop before he can be installed as pope. An example is Pope Elect Stephen II. He was a layman who was elected as pope. Before he could be made a bishop, however, he died, just two days after his election. Therefore, having never been a bishop, he is not considered to have been a pope,
He was elected pope at the age of 76.
White smoke means a new pope has been elected.
No, the pope is elected with paper ballots.
No, the bells will only be rung if a new pope has been elected.
He was elected in 2005 as pope on the 4th ballot of the conclave.