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A papal conclave was held on 18 and 19 April 2005 to elect a successor to John Paul II, who had died on 2 April 2005.Upon the pope's death, the cardinals of the Catholic Church who were in Rome met and set a date for the beginning of the conclave.
The oldest cardinal elector in the conclave was Marco Cé, at the age of 79, [5] and the youngest was Péter Erdő, at the age of 52. [6] Another 66 cardinals were ineligible to participate in the conclave, for reasons of age. [2] The cardinal electors entered the Sistine Chapel to begin the conclave on 18 April 2005. [7]
John Paul II (in office 1978–2005) also changed the age limit slightly, so that cardinals who turn 80 before a papal vacancy (not before conclave start) can not serve as electors; [3] this eliminated the idea of scheduling the conclave to include or exclude a cardinal who is very close to the age limit (and in 2013, Cardinal Walter Kasper, 79 ...
Elections that elected papal claimants currently regarded by the Catholic Church as antipopes are italicized. SS. Pietro e Cesareo in Terracina, the site of the first papal election outside Rome The 1119 papal election took place in Cluny Abbey as a result of the expulsion of Pope Gelasius II from Rome by Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor following the Investiture Controversy.
In the book, Francis revealed previously confidential details about the 2005 conclave that elected Benedict pope and the 2013 ballot in which he himself was elected, saying he was allowed to ...
When the 1378 conclave convened, a debate raged about whether the pope should be in Avignon, France, or in Rome. The pope had been based in Avignon since 1309, as the French king sought greater ...
2005 papal conclave; C. Cardinal electors in the 2005 papal conclave; S. Saint Gallen Group This page was last edited on 28 September 2024, at 20:51 (UTC). Text is ...
“Conclave” works hard to be as realistic as possible. Harris was helped with his novel by the late English cardinal Cormac Murphy O’Connor, who took part in the 2005 and 2013 conclaves ...