What comes next after Pope Francis’ death: How a new Pope will be selected
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What comes next after Pope Francis’ death: How a new Pope will be selected
Updated: 11:28 AM EDT Apr 21, 2025
As the Catholic world mourns the death of Pope Francis, Catholic leaders look ahead to the conclave, the process by which Catholic cardinals select the next Pope.Participants in the conclave are sequestered and forbidden from speaking to anyone outside the process, which can take several days. The popularity of 2024 film, “Conclave,” renewed global interest into the process, which happens in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. Only cardinals below the age of 80 are given a vote, which they cast in the chapel. Once each round of voting has commenced, the name of each candidate receiving a vote is read aloud along with the number of votes they received. Voting continues in rounds until one candidate reaches a two-thirds super majority of the voting cardinals. The crowd waiting outside the Vatican is notified each day whether or not a new pope has been elected. If black smoke billows out of the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, no pope has been selected. When the cardinals reach a consensus, white smoke will come out of the chimney to signal to the crowd waiting outside that the new pope has been chosen.Typically, a conclave begins 15-20 days after a pope’s death because the voting cardinals must travel to the Vatican from across the globe.CNN contributed to this report.
As the Catholic world mourns the death of Pope Francis, Catholic leaders look ahead to the conclave, the process by which Catholic cardinals select the next Pope.
Participants in the conclave are sequestered and forbidden from speaking to anyone outside the process, which can take several days.
The popularity of 2024 film, “Conclave,” renewed global interest into the process, which happens in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Only cardinals below the age of 80 are given a vote, which they cast in the chapel. Once each round of voting has commenced, the name of each candidate receiving a vote is read aloud along with the number of votes they received.
Voting continues in rounds until one candidate reaches a two-thirds super majority of the voting cardinals.
The crowd waiting outside the Vatican is notified each day whether or not a new pope has been elected. If black smoke billows out of the chimney above the Sistine Chapel, no pope has been selected. When the cardinals reach a consensus, white smoke will come out of the chimney to signal to the crowd waiting outside that the new pope has been chosen.
Typically, a conclave begins 15-20 days after a pope’s death because the voting cardinals must travel to the Vatican from across the globe.
CNN contributed to this report.
