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Africa-Press – Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>A change in popes \u2014 through death or resignation \u2014 is a complicated process, with centuries-old rituals involving the transition in leadership for both the spiritual head of the global Catholic Church and the Vatican\u2019s head of state. These are the need-to-know terms \u2014 some of them in Latin \u2014 to help make sense of news in the coming days: Who is the Vatican camerlengo? This is the \u201cchamberlain\u201d \u2014 the cardinal in charge of formally verifying the pope\u2019s death \u2014 and then sealing his room and study.<\/p>\n

Between then and the election of the new pope, the camerlengo administers the \u201cgoods and temporal rights\u201d of the Holy See. The current one is the Irish-born American Cardinal Kevin Farrell. Who is in the College of Cardinals? There are 252 cardinals worldwide, and as a body, they are in charge of the Holy See\u2019s affairs in-between popes, albeit with limits. Of them, 135 are \u201ccardinal electors,\u201d who gather in the Vatican to choose the new pope. For centuries, they have chosen one of their own. The vast majority of the electors \u2014 108 \u2014 were made cardinals by Pope Francis, according to Vatican statistics. What is the conclave? This is the closed-door meeting of the cardinal electors to choose the new pope in the Sistine Chapel. Its name, literally \u201cwith a key,\u201d was used in the 13th century to describe the process of locking up the cardinals until the election is completed. It must begin no more than 20 days after the death or resignation of a pope.<\/p>\n

The electors are sequestered from all outsiders for the duration; the last three popes were chosen within days. Who is the dean of the College of Cardinals? The current dean is Italian Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re. He is the head of the College of Cardinals who informs the rest of the cardinals and the ambassadors to the Holy See of the pope\u2019s death once he learns of it from the camerlengo. He convenes the conclave and presides as the electors take their oaths. Once a new pope is chosen, the dean asks him if he accepts and what name he wants to be called. What is St. Peter\u2019s Basilica?<\/p>\n

The 16th century church, built over the traditional tomb of the apostle St. Peter, is one of the largest Catholic basilicas in the world and is the centerpiece of Vatican City, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Starting Wednesday, the faithful will be invited to the church to pay their final respects to Francis, whose body will lay in state on the main altar.<\/p>\n

The Renaissance masterpiece was built and decorated by some of the most illustrious architects and artists of the time. Its grottoes contain the remains of popes past and its vast, marbled interior is home to some of the Vatican\u2019s greatest treasures, including Michelangelo\u2019s Pieta sculpture and Gian Lorenzo Bernini\u2019s bronze baldacchino canopy over the main altar. What is the Domus Santa Marta? This Vatican guesthouse, built in 1996, specifically houses cardinals during a conclave and is used at other times as a hotel for visiting priests and Vatican officials. Pope Francis never moved out after he was elected pope, choosing to live in suite 201, rather than the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace.<\/p>\n

What does \u2018extra omnes\u2019 mean? A Latin phrase for \u201call out,\u201d it\u2019s spoken by the master for papal liturgical celebrations, currently Italian Archbishop Diego Ravelli, to ask all those present except the cardinal electors to leave the Sistine Chapel to begin the voting process during the conclave. Why is the pope\u2019s ring called the fisherman\u2019s ring? Each pope gets this ring at the Mass marking the beginning of his pontificate. It bears this name because Jesus told St. Peter, the first pope, that he would be \u201ca fisher of men.\u201d Until the 1990s, it was destroyed upon a pope\u2019s death. Now, it\u2019s \u201cannulled,\u201d or marked in such a way that it can\u2019t be used as a seal.<\/p>\n

What are the General Congregations? This is the name given to the gathering of all members of the College of Cardinals after the pope\u2019s death and before the start of the conclave to discuss major church affairs. All cardinals who aren\u2019t infirm take part in this meeting in the Vatican\u2019s Apostolic Palace. They also discuss preparations for the conclave, under oath and in secret. What does it mean when they say, \u2018Habemus Papam\u2019? This Latin phrase translates to \u201cWe have a pope.\u201d These are the words used by the \u201cprotodeacon\u201d of the College of Cardinals to announce from the loggia of St. Peter\u2019s Basilica that a new pope has been elected. He then says the new pope\u2019s birth name and the name he has chosen to use as pope, also in Latin. The current protodeacon is French Cardinal Dominique Mamberti.<\/p>\n

Who are the infirmarii? These are the three cardinals, chosen by a random drawing from the electors, who are charged with gathering the ballots of any electors who are ill during the conclave. What does Pope Francis\u2019 motto \u2018miserando atque eligendo\u2019 mean? This is Latin for \u201chaving had mercy and choosing him\u201d \u2014 a phrase that Francis chose as his motto when he was elevated to bishop and kept as his papal seal. It was drawn from the homilies of St. Bede the Venerable, an 8th century monk. It comes from the Gospel narrative of St. Matthew, a tax collector whom Jesus called to follow him.<\/p>\n

Who are the revisers? These are the three cardinals, chosen by random drawing from the electors, who are charged with reviewing the ballots during the conclave. What is a rogito? This is the document, or \u201cdeed,\u201d listing key details of the pope\u2019s life and papacy that is placed in his coffin. It\u2019s written in Latin by the master for papal liturgical celebrations. A copy is kept in the Vatican archives. Who are the scrutineers? These are the three cardinals, chosen by random drawing from the electors, who are charged with reviewing each ballot and announcing it to the assembled conclave after each round of voting. They then tally the votes \u2014 to win the election, two-thirds of the votes are necessary \u2014 and they also burn the ballots.<\/p>\n

What does the saying \u2018sede vacante\u2019 mean? This is Latin for \u201cvacant seat,\u201d the period between the pope\u2019s death or resignation and the election of a new one. Pope Francis attends a prayer for peace at Rome\u2019s St. Mary Major Basilica, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo\/Andrew Medichini, file) What is St. Mary Major? This is the basilica in Rome where Pope Francis said he wants to be buried. Francis is breaking with the tradition of his predecessors who are buried inside the Vatican, saying he wanted to be near his favorite icon of the Virgin Mary, the Salus Populi Romani, a Byzantine-style painting of the Madonna draped in a blue robe, holding the infant Jesus who in turn is holding a jeweled golden book.<\/p>\n

The icon is located in the church first built in the 5th century and devoted to the Virgin Mary. In his will, Francis said he wanted a simple underground tomb with only \u201cFranciscus\u201d written on it. What does the text \u2018Universi Dominici Gregis\u2019 contain? This Latin phrase means \u201cthe Lord\u2019s whole flock.\u201d It\u2019s the Vatican constitution that regulates the processes from a pope\u2019s death until a new one is elected. St. John Paul II issued it in 1996 during his papacy, and Pope Benedict XVI twice amended it, most significantly by removing John Paul\u2019s provision that after about 12 days of balloting a simple majority could elect a new pope rather than a two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n

If the conclave lasts that long, the top two vote-getters go to a runoff, with a two-thirds majority required to win. Neither of the top two candidates casts a ballot in the runoff. What does white or black smoke mean during a papal transition? After each round of voting in the Sistine Chapel, the ballots are burned in a special furnace to indicate the outcome to the outside world.<\/p>\n

If no pope is chosen, the ballots are mixed with cartridges containing potassium perchlorate, anthracene (a component of coal tar), and sulfur to produce black smoke.But if there is a winner, the burning ballots are mixed with potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin to produce the white smoke. Bells also are rung to further signal there is a new pope.<\/p>\n

Source: Africanews<\/b><\/p>\n

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