2025 When will CENDAVE bring a new pope? This is how long it took to see white smoke in the past
This week, 133 Catholic cardinal voters will Choose a new pope In a secret, centuries-long ceremony, it is called a conference. On Wednesday, the electors (one of the church’s top officials) will be locked in the Vatican’s Sistine Church to hold many votes, which are necessary to choose the next pope.
This is the process you need to know and how long it may take.
When will the 2025 Pope Conference begin?
this in conclusion Will start on Wednesday 16 days later The death of Pope Francis.
This is one of the oldest ways to elect the head of state still in use today, and its basic agreement has barely changed for 800 years.
To be a pope, candidates only need Catholics and males, but for centuries the pope has chosen from the Catholic cardinals, the highest officials of the church.
The conference contest took place at Sistine Church behind the sealed door. Along with all Vatican employees involved in the process, cardinal voters took oaths and the church was swept away to listen equipment.
133 voters can hold a round of votes on the first afternoon of the meeting, including two votes. To be elected as Pope, the candidate must receive two-thirds of the vote plus one vote, and if the first round is not conclusive, the vote will continue until the next day.
Starting from the next day, there are two rounds of votes every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
If there is no two-thirds majority after three days of the vote, the process is suspended for one day so that the cardinals can pray and discuss their choices.
How long did it take to choose a new pope in the past?
There is no time limit on how long it can take for the meeting. Cardinal voters continued to vote until they received more than two-thirds of the majority.
The shortest meeting of records was in 1503, when the Cardinal took only 10 hours to choose Pope Pius III as the new pope.
The longest recorded meeting took nearly three years.
According to the Associated Press, Pope Clement IV delayed the election in 1268 by 1,006 days.
This is the name of the process of choosing a new pope – “cendave”, which translates to “lock and key” – from.
Pope Gregory X was finally elected in September 1271.
How long does the 2025 Pope Conference expect to last?
There is no way to predict how long a meeting will take, but guidance can be obtained from recent history.
The last three popes have been elected within two or three days.
In 2013, Pope Francis was elected after five votes held in two days. In 2005, Pope Benedict XVI was elected after four votes. In 1978, Pope John Paul II was elected two days after eight votes.
Why did the Pope use white smoke?
After each round of votes, paper tickets burn. If the Pope is not elected yet, Black smoke rises From the chimney above the church. If the Pope is elected, the white smoke will rise.
Initially, only black smoke was part of the concluding tradition, rising from the chimney because the vote was unsuccessful and because the vote was burned.
According to Georgetown University, white smoke was first used in 1914, when the Cardinals believed that light smoke should announce the choice of the new pope.
Now, to ensure that the results of each vote are clear, chemicals burn next to each round of votes to make smoke or white color black.
