The Papal Conclave to choose another Pope will begin on May 7, confirmed Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni on Monday.
More than 130 cardinals will be able to vote for the successor to František, and according to reports, the two -bond majority are needed to choose the new head of the Roman Catholic Church.
On Saturday, this announcement is a follow -up to the funeral of Pope Francis, who attracted the world leaders and hundreds of thousands of mourning to the Vatican to honor the late Pope.
The choice will determine whether the other Pope will continue in Francis’s reforms, focusing on the poor and marginalized and the environment, or whether they will choose the Pope closer to conservative predecessors such as Benedict XVI, focused on doctrine.
Preparations in Sistine Chapel
The Vatican closed the Sistine Chapel, where the Cardinals gathered for the Conclave to choose another Pope after the death of Pope Francis 21 April at the age of 88.
The key is the preparation of the Sistine Chapel for Cardinals with a Red Robot who will gather in the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose another Pope in an ancient process.
One of the key tasks is the installation of the chimney, where the ballots will be burned in voices.
The Cardinals will enter the ceremony to participate in the secret process, which is said to be guided by the Holy Spirit, which will lead to another leader of the Catholic Church of 1.4 billion.
For inspiration, cardinals will also have a great beauty of frescoes painted by Michelangelo and other Renaissance artists.
The best known is Michelangelo’s creature, who shows God’s outstretched hand that gives the first person the divine spark of life.
The Sistines chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art patron who supervised the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. But it was a later Pope, Pope Julius II.
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