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Can Catholics vote a pope?
Only cardinals under the age of 80 can vote for the pope.
What does vas tutus pope suffragium?
Pope vessel safe vote
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.
How do the cardinals show if they have elected a pope?
When a vote is taken the ballots are counted and recorded. Then they are burned in a stove in the Sistine Chapel. If the vote failed to elect a pope, chemicals are added to the burning ballots to turn the smoke black. If the vote elected a new pope, chemicals are added to turn the smoke white. This is how the outside world learns if a pope has been elected.
What did the cardinal do for the church?
He is the head of all the Bishops of the particular country.He has a right to vote for a pope and he can be elected as a pope.
Who can vote for pope in an election?
All cardinals under age 80 are eligible to vote in a papal conclave.
Who selected the pope?
The College of Cardinals selects the pope. All cardinals under age 80 are eligible to vote.
How many Catholics will vote for the next pope?
There will be no more than 120 cardinals involved in the election of the next pope.
What cardinal made Pope Benedict XVI a pope?
It was not a single cardinal. 2/3 of the Cardinal Electors had to vote for him.
Who qualifies to choose pope?
Any cardinal under age 80 is eligible to vote in the conclave to elect a pope.
Does the pope get a vote for the pope?
A Pope who renounces the Chair of Peter becomes a Cardinal again. As a Cardinal he would have a vote in the Conclave if he were under the age of 80.In the case of Pope Benedict he retains the title of Pope Emeritus (retired pope) and not that of cardinal. He has essentially withdrawn from any ruling capacity in the Church. In either case he could not vote in the conclave because of his age.When Pope Gregory XII resigned to help settle a schism in 1514 Gregory XII was appointed Bishop of Frascati, Dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals and perpetual legate at Ancona.
Why do they burn the votes when electing a pope?
The proceedings of a conclave are secret, including the number of votes received by a candidate.Once a vote has been counted, the old ballots are burned so that they cannot get accidentally mixed in with new ballots from the next vote. And if the vote is the last one, which elects a Pope, then burning the ballots preserves the secrecy of the vote. If a Pope knew how the cardinals voted, that could result in some form of favoritism.
