We will be commemorating the death of my grandpa this month. I feel torn between my longing for him but at the same time I feel happy that the new Pope looks like him.
"Don't get worked up,I won't be the next Pope" these are his last word before the conclave.
The conclave according to wikipedia is is a meeting of the College of Cardinals convened to elect a new Bishop of Rome, also known as the Pope. The pope is considered by Roman Catholics to be the apostolic successor of Saint Peter and earthly head of the Roman Catholic Church. The conclave has been the procedure for choosing the pope for more than half of the time the church has been in existence, and is the oldest ongoing method for choosing the leader of an institution.the College of Cardinals was designated the sole body of electors. Since then, other details of the process have developed. In 1970, Pope Paul VI limited the electors to cardinals under 80 years of age. A two-thirds supermajority vote is required to elect the new pope, which also requires acceptance from the person elected. (I bet it's really hard to accept this calling).
To those who wants to know what the white smoke is made up of it is produced by potassium chlorate, lactose and chloroform resin.The white smoke signals that a pope has been elected.
The Vatican is burning the flares following confusion in past conclaves about smoke color. Lombardi said that neither the chapel frescoes nor the cardinals inside suffered from the smoke. I also got worried. :)
To Pope Francis I. ( Jorge Mario Bergoglio)...we love you! and we'll always be here to support you.
To my LOLO I miss you. :)
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