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Who is after the pope in power?
The Cardinal Secretary of State ("Prime Minister') and the Camarlengo.
How many cardinals does it take to elect the pope?
It takes 2/3 of the cardinal electors at the time to elect a pope. A cardinal elector is a cardinal under age 80.
What do you have to do to be a pope?
The only requirement is that you must be a male Catholic. However, it also helps to be a cardinal. The Church has not had a non-cardinal as pope in many centuries.
Is there a position between a cardinal and a pope?
No, there is no position between cardinal and pope.
Who made the pope a cardinal?
Please specify which pope. If you are referring to Pope Francis, he was selected as a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI.
Where was Pope Benedict a cardinal before becoming pope?
He was a cardinal in the Roman Curia.
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.
What does the pope do before he becomes pope?
He is almost always a cardinal, usually a cardinal archbishop.
Who appointed Pope Benedict as a cardinal?
Pope Paul VI named him a cardinal in 1977.
Where was Pope Francis a cardinal before he became pope?
He was the Cardinal Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Who helped Pope Benedict XVI become the pope?
Pope Benedict, as Cardinal Ratzinger, was Pope John Paul II's right hand man for many, many years. It is to be hoped that the primary moving force in Cardinal Ratzinger's selection as pope was the Holy Spirit, but that fact that Pope John Paul had been Pope for many years, and that no one knew his mind better than Cardinal Ratzinger may have made the choice perfectly obvious to the Cardinals, they certainly didn't take much time to make up their minds.
How many cardinals were involved in the voting of Pope Francis?
There were 115 cardinal electors in the conclave that elected Pope Francis.
