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What is the nickname of the Roman Catholic council charged with while electing a new Pope?
The enclosure of the cardinals while electing a new pope is called a Conclave.
Do the cardinals cast ballots in the election for pope?
Yes, the cardinals cast secret ballots when electing a new pope.
When a new Pope is elected what color is the smoke?
The smoke comes from burning the ballots in a stove in the Sistine Chapel.
Do they close Vatican museums when electing a pope?
No, the only tourist area in the Vatican that is closed at the death of a pope and election of a new one would be the Sistine Chapel.
What is the proccess of electing a new pope?
It is called a papal conclave - a secret meeting of all Cardinal Electors in the Sistine Chapel.
How long after a pope dies do they wait to vote for a new pope?
They wait 14 days. The Camerlingo is basically in charge of the preciding of the ancient ritual of re-electing a new pope. He must organise the College of Cardinals and he is the only one who is allowed to 'check' whether the Pope is actually dead.
How old is the process of choosing a pope?
The process has undergone a number of changes over the years but the process of electing a new pope dates back to the death of Saint Peter nearly 2000 years ago.
How do the popes decide on electing a new pope?
Popes do not vote. It is the cardinals who elect a pope. Popes are usually dead at the time of an election or retired. In either case they would not be eligible to vote. The cardinals simply vote. After each ballot is cast, the top contenders are then subject to additional ballots until one of them emerges with 2/3 of the vote. If that cardinal accepts the position of pope, he is then declared the new pope.
Who is responsible for electing a new pope?
Immediately below the Pope in the hierarchy of the Catholic Church are the cardinals. The primary responsibility of a cardinal is to elect a new pope when a pope dies or abdicates the papacy. However, they have many responsibilities. Cardinals form the Roman Curia, which is a whole group of administrators (Cardinal Prefects) - something like cabinet members who assist the president or department ministers who assist the prime minister.
Do the cardinals cast ballots when they vote?
While many of the Vatican's specific rites for electing a new Pope are kept tightly secret, it is known that a secret ballot system is indeed used, and that the new Pontiff must be elected by a simple majority.
What does retraining mean?
If you have been doing one job say working in a post office and now want to change job to become a bank teller, then you would need to get some training on how to do you new job. This training on how to do a new thing is called retraining. So it is to teach (someone) new skills to enable them to do a different job and conversely, for someone to learn new skills so as to be able to do a different job.
Who dictates if a pope is an anti pope or false pope?
Catholic AnswerAs there hasn't been an anti-pope since the fifteenth century, I think we don't have to worry about this so much. The Cardinals are the Bishops who are responsible for electing a new Pope, and if there is someone claiming to be Pope who was not elected by the Cardinals and is not ruling in the Vatican, then I think it would be pretty obvious to most people. The only time there was a real problem was in the fourteenth century when the Pope had moved to Avignon, France for a number of years, and there was an anti-Pope elected in Rome while the real Pope was in France. Before the whole mess got sorted out, there were three claimants to the Papal throne, they all ended up resigning and a new Pope was validly elected. For a complete list of popes, along with the anti-popes see the link below.
