Who Will Be The Next Pope And What Is A Conclave?

Name: Who Will Be The Next Pope And What Is A Conclave?
Uploaded: 2025-04-26T08:45:55+00:00
Duration: 3 min 16 s
Channel: ETVBHARAT

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With the passing of Pope Francis on April 22, 2025, the Catholic Church is left without a head. Cardinals from all over the world are making the trip to Vatican City for what is known as the 'Conclave,' the ceremony where a new cardinal is voted into the Papacy. The Conclave is a custom that dates back many centuries and is very secretive in nature.The Papal Conclave is strictly only for Cardinals below the age of 80 to participate in. The election usually takes place around 15-20 days after the death or resignation of the Pope, in order to give the Cardinals enough time to gather. The Conclave is held in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. In this election process, each voting round is signified by the colour of smoke that appears when the ballots are burned. If black smoke is seen, it means that no candidate has received the two-third majority. If white smoke is seen, it means that a candidate has received the necessary amount of votes and will be the next Pope. "We don't have details yet, I am waiting for some information from the Vatican," explained Cardinal Cleemis Baselois of Syro-Malankara Catholic Church. Cardinal Cleemis Baselois is one of the four Indian cardinals eligible to vote in the Conclave.

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00:00Pope Francis is no more. He passed away at the Vatican on Monday morning at the age of 88.

00:20His death has once again raised interest in the process that leads to the election of a Pope.

00:27The Pope, leader of the Catholic Church and Bishop of Rome, is elected through a centuries-old process known as the Papal Conclave.

00:37After the resignation or the death of the Pope, Roman Catholic cardinals from around the world are locked in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican to elect his successor in a secretive and highly symbolic process.

00:50Only cardinals below the age of 80 are eligible to vote in the process.

00:56The election of the Pope is conducted in a conclave where only cardinals can participate.

01:06Cardinals below 80 years of age.

01:09And when a Pope is no more, all the cardinals will be informed and they will come to Rome and all the eligible candidates, those who are below 80 years old,

01:27they will come together. There is a place of election, the Sistine Chapel, and they have their own program every day, prayer, election, and then, you know, the story of white smoke, black smoke, etc.

01:45And the cardinals will elect a successor of St. Peter.

01:50The election process normally starts 15 to 20 days after the resignation or death of the Pope to give enough time for cardinals from all over the world to assemble at the Vatican.

02:02Cardinal Climus Basilois, the Major Archbishop of Sairom Malankara's Catholic Church, is among the four cardinals from India who are eligible to vote during the election for the new Pope.

02:16We don't have the exclusive, we don't have the details yet. I'm waiting for some information from the Vatican, but I'll be going tomorrow early morning to the Vatican and then the funeral and then subsequent events followed by that.

02:37Smoke plays a significant symbolic role during the process of electing a new Pope.

02:43After each round of voting, the ballots are burned in a specially designed stove in the Sistine Chapel.

02:49If no one has received the required two-thirds majority of votes, the ballots are burned along with chemicals that produce black smoke.

02:58Once a cardinal has received the necessary votes, the ballots are burned again.

03:03This time, the chemicals used in the burning process produce white smoke.