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Why is a new pope elected in March?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

New popes are elected soon after the reigning pope either dies or abdicates. There is no significance to the month of March except that Pope Benedict XVI resigned in February and a new pope needed to be elected.

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10y ago

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