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Two of them were the first cardinal-electors from their churches to participate in a papal conclave: Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi [d] [47] and Syro-Malankara Major-Archbishop Baselios Cleemis, the first bishop from the Syro-Malankara Church to be created cardinal. [48] [e] Two cardinal electors did not attend the conclave.
The 1492 papal conclave was the first to be held in the Sistine Chapel, the site of all conclaves since 1878. A papal conclave is a gathering of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a bishop of Rome, also known as the pope.
Do the 235 Roman Catholic cardinals really get sequestered like juries until they choose a pope? Yes. As shown in "Conclave," once a Vatican official faces the assembled cardinals and says the ...
The film, directed by Edward Berger, stars Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence, the dean of the College of Cardinals—and the man in charge of the papal conclave.
When the pope unexpectedly dies in the film, based on Robert Harris’ book of the same name, a fierce political battle quickly turns divisive amongst the College of Cardinals, the group of ...
As a result of the length of the election, during which three of the twenty cardinal-electors died and one resigned, Gregory X promulgated the papal bull Ubi periculum on 7 July 1274, during the Second Council of Lyon, establishing the papal conclave, whose rules were based on the tactics employed against the cardinals in Viterbo. The first ...
Carlos Diehz, who makes his feature film debut as Cardinal Benitez in the papal thriller 'Conclave,' discusses his unorthodox journey to the screen and more.
On 1 September 2019, Pope Francis announced that he would hold a consistory to create thirteen new cardinals on 5 October, including ten who are young enough to participate in a papal conclave. [71] This brought the number of cardinal electors to 128, eight more than the limit set by Pope Paul VI, but often ignored. [ 11 ]