How a new Pope is elected

April 4, 2005 · Posted in Religion 

Cum – Latin for “with”
Clavis – Latin for “key”

Conclave – a place that can be securely locked

Information on Conclave from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

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One Response to “How a new Pope is elected”

  1. Tom on April 5th, 2005 10:45 PM

    That’s really interesting to see the history and the rules behind the whole process. Thanks, this is a really neat site.

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