Here is a ventilation on the cardinals that vote.
How many cardinals have chosen the new Pope?
There are 252 cardinals in total, but only those under 80 can participate in the conclave.
Although this means that 135 cardinals are eligible to vote, Two have announced that they will not go to RomeLeaving 133 cardinals to participate in the conclave.
During the 2013 conclave which chose Francis, there were 207 cardinals – of which 117 were eligible.
Like this year, Two cardinals could not vote, And so there were 115 cardinals who entered the conclave.
What countries do cardinals come from?
According to the Vatican, the cardinals who will eliminate the new pope are from 70 countries.
The majority come from Europe, with 52 cardinals, 17 come from Africa, 16 are from North America, 4 are from Central America, 17 are from South America, 23 are from Asia and 4 are from Oceania.
It will be the first papal conclave in which less than half of the voting cardinals are European, showing a distance from Europe-centricism in the Catholic Church. In fact, it will be the most Geographically diverse conclave In history, a heritage caused partly by Pope Francis – the first Latin American pope, who systematically highlighted the importance of this diversity, and rejected the idea that nationality or geography should determine who has become the Pope.
He raised cardinals from several under-represented countries, including Myanmar and Eastern Timor. Some of Francis's named people come from countries that will be represented for the first time in a conclave, including the two aboveioned, Cap Verde, Paraguay, Haiti and South Sudan.
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According to the Pew Research CenterAfter Pope Francis, Europe is still “too represented” at the Cardinals College, but less than during its election as a Pope in 2013. The most under-represented region based on the population, they calculate, is Latin America, with 41% of the world's Catholic population at 2022 but holds only 18% of voting cardinals.
The country with the most cardinals is extreme Italy with 17 voting cardinals, followed by the United States with 10, and Brazil with 7. Many countries are only represented by a single voting cardinal, including Peru, Serbia, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
The selection process
Pope Paul VI judge In 1970, cardinals over 80 years old cannot vote for the Pope.
The cardinals are elected by the Pope and hold their position for life. 108 Cardinals eligible for elected officials were appointed by Pope Francis at the Cardinals College, and the others were appointed by the two previous popes, Benoît XVI and Jean-Paul II.
During the 2013 conclave, Only 67 cardinals had been raised by the previous Pope Benoît XVI to compare, and 48 had been raised by Jean-Paul II, who had been pope until 2005.
How long to have Other conclaves taken?
If a conclave does not produce a new pope after 13 days of voting, an election of runoff between the two main candidates takes place.
The longest conclave ever took place in the 13th century when the church took almost three years – more than 1,000 days – to elect Pope Clément IV.
Since 1831, however, the process has generally been less than a week from less than a week old.
As for the more recent papal elections, Pope Francis was elected during the third ballot in 2013, his predecessor Pope Benedict XVI was elected in two days.
Generally, the duration depends on the first votes. A vote will take place on the first day of vote. If no candidate receives the 89 votes required, four votes will take place over the next two days – two votes each morning and two votes each afternoon.
These voting bulletins are then burned – and the color of the smoke shows the outside world if a pope has been chosen or not.
If the emerging smoke from the sixtine chapel chimney is black, this means that no decision has been made. If the emerging smoke is white, the public will know that a new pope has been chosen. The voting bulletins are each burned by two voting cycles, unless a pope is chosen.
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If after the third day, no decision has been made, voters are entitled to a day break.
