Elections (conclave) to determine the new dad of the Catholic Church in the Vatican will begin on May 7.
After the death of April 21 of the spiritual leader of the Catholics and President of the Vatican of Pope Francis, the eyes of the Catholic Church turned to a person, which will become the 267th pope.
According to the Vatican News Vatican official body, the cardinals located in Rome at the Francis’s funeral, and the conclave met this morning.
The cardinals present at the meeting decided that the conclave would begin on Wednesday on May 7 in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Thus, after the end of 9-day mourning after the funeral ceremony on April 26, the pope’s determination process will begin on May 7 in the Vatican, where after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 was declared in accordance with the church law “Sede Vacante”, that is, “The position is vacant in Latin.
135 cardinals under the age of 80 will take part in the Conclave, which will be headed by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, the current dean of the collegium of the cardinals.
According to the rules, the cardinal, who received the majority in two -thirds of the vote, that is 90 votes, will be declared a new dad if he agrees to this post, and will become the new spiritual leader of the Catholic world, which has 1.4 billion people, and the head of state Vatican.