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Pope changes rules for electing successor
June 26, 2007 - 12:11 PM
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict announced on Tuesday he had changed the rules to elect his successor, in a move meant to ensure that future pontiffs have broad support before white smoke rises again from the Sistine Chapel.
Benedict's "motu proprio", a type of papal decree, partly reverses changes made by his predecessor John Paul II that had opened the possibility of electing a Pope with only a slight majority in the event of a deadlock.
From now on, the two-thirds majority needed at the start of voting in the conclave will be required until the very end -- no matter how many rounds of balloting end with "black smoke" above St. Peter's Square.
The Vatican's chief spokesman, Father Federico Lombardi, said the changes "would guarantee the widest possible consensus for the election of the new Pope".
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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2668076620070626
Not only it seems that Vatican will continue thriving but also new edicts, new decisions, and new practices come out of it!
We shouldn't forget that elections of Pope play a crucail role in the life of Vaitcan and perhaps everyone remembers what happened just during the elections of the Pope Gregory the Great's predecessor.
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Re: Pope changes rules for electing successor
June 27, 2007 - 08:24 AM
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dats preety fine............I pray for a Black pontif|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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