College of Cardinals
Pope's advisory body
The College of Cardinals is the body of senior clergy in the Roman Catholic Church who advise the Pope and, upon his death or resignation, elect his successor.
Cardinals under eighty years old gather in the Sistine Chapel for a papal conclave, voting in secret until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority.
The College of Cardinals convened to choose a new pope.
- Vatican CityIndependent papal microstate
- conclavePrivate, secretive assembly
- papal electionChoosing a new pope
- voting blocAligned electoral faction
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
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College of Cardinalslaity
Non-ordained church members
parish priests · deacons · parish council · seminarians · altar servers
College of Cardinalselectoral college
Intermediary voting delegation system