The Pope chooses 133 cardinals from 70 countries, which makes this conclave the most ruined in the history of the Catholic Church. Francis appointed 108 of 133 menus. In total, 52 are from Europe, 23 from Asia, as much from Latin America, 17 from Africa, 14 from the US and Canada and four from the oceania.
Today they voted only once. Before that, they gathered in the Sistin Chapel, where they passed the assembly of secrecy and started voting. During the conclave, the cardinals are isolated from the outside world, without access to communication means, to ensure the confidentiality of the process, index transmits.
For the selection of the Pope, 267. in a row in two millennia church history, a two-thirds majority, ie 89 votes.
Black smoke is not a surprise because the Pope for centuries has not been selected in the first round.
Voting will continue tomorrow, with the possibility of up to four rounds of voting daily, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, until consensus is achieved.
The first vote should start at 9:30 in the morning.
Tens of thousands of believers and tourists gathered on Sveti Peter Square, looking forward news about the choice of the new chief of the Catholic Church. Tonight’s black smoke indicates that the world will still have to wait for the decision, that is, white smoke that signals the selection of a new pope.
Among the favorites for the selection of the new Pope are mentioned by Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Philippine Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagla and Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdő.
The best choices for the selection on this conclave, by analysts and bookmakers, have Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin and the Philippine Luis Antonio taggle.
Behind them often mentioned Ganac Peter Turkson, the Conservative Hungarian Cardinal Peter Erdo, Latin Jerusal Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Marseilese Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline, Maltese Cardinal Mario Grech and American Robert Previty.
However, in history it is not a rarity that the cardinals chose a completely unexpected candidate like Karol Woytile in 1978. years.
(Vijesti.ba)
