The Papal conclave of 2005 was convened as a result of the death of Pope John Paul II on 2 April 2005. After his death, the cardinals who were in Rome met and set a date for the beginning of the conclave to elect his successor. The conclave began on 18 April 2005 and ended the following day after four ballots. Eligible members of the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, those who were younger than 80 years of age at the time of the death of Pope John Paul II, met and elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as the new Pope. After accepting his election, he took the name Benedict XVI.
Papal election process for 2005
Presiding over the conclave was the Dean of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Ratzinger from Germany. Given that Ratzinger himself was elected Pope, the duty of asking if he would accept the election and what name he would adopt (duties normally performed by the Dean) fell, in accordance with the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici gregis, to the vice-dean Angelo Sodano.
Anselmo had the support of his friend Cardinal Hildebrand, a driving force behind the promulgation of In Nomine Domini and the future Pope Gregory VII, Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine, and the Norman forces of Robert Guiscard, present at the election in fulfilment of a security guarantee Guiscard had made to Nicholas II when appointed Duke of Apulia and Calabria. Although Anselmo was well-known and respected within the German court, the assent of the Holy Roman Emperor to the election was not sought.
The papal election from January 29 to February 2, 1119 was, by an order of magnitude, the smallest papal election of the 12th century currently considered legitimate by the Roman Catholic Church.
The cardinals attending the death mass of Gelasius II in Cluny in late January 1119 were divided over whether his successor should be elected on the spot (as was permitted by In Nomine Domini) or whether they should return to Rome and hold the election with the full College of Cardinals; although the cardinals proceeded with the election immediately, they agreed that they would submit their choice to the entire College thereafter. The cardinals which accompanied Gleasius II to Cluny are known from Liber Pontificalis associated with "Pandulphus" (either Pandulf of Pisa or Pandulf of Lucca), from the charter from Cluny, and from the chronicle of Ordericus Vitalis.
To mark the anniversary of his election as pope, doctors and nurses at the hospital ...PopeFrancis was elected as the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church on March 13, 2013, during the Papal Conclave.
Until each man turns 80, he’ll be part of the group of special bishops known as the College of Cardinals, or papal conclave, who elect a pope by an elaborate secret ballot process inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.
... or “substitute,” who acts as a papal chief of staff ... Interest in papal elections has become intensified by the popularity of the movie “Conclave,” which several senior church figures have watched.
Who does the pope's job before a new pope is elected? ... How is a pope elected? ... They will also prepare for the upcoming papal election, called a conclave ... Peter's Basilica for a Mass invoking the guidance of the Holy Spirit in electing a new pope.
Electing this ... For example, the 686 election of Pope Conon is described in “The Book of Pontiffs,” a medieval collection of short papal biographies, as a chaotic affair that included the military.
In order to govern both, he has the Roman Curia, meaning “court.” In modern terms, the Curia is the papal bureaucracy ... Nor can they undo previous papal decisions or change church laws about electing a new pope.
...Church is elected through a papal conclave ... It is a thriller about a conspiracy to rig the papal election that depicts both conservatives and progressives whispering in the corridors of the Vatican.
He says ... Is Offerman joking, or has he just emitted white smoke by electing EdwardBerger’s papal thriller? The Oscars don’t even start for another two hours and they worry they might already know how it ends ... ....
The Daily Journal - San Mateo
13 Mar 2025
The Daily Journal - San Mateo
13 Mar 2025