The Pope is dead – what happened next? | World News

The death of Pope Francis triggered a series of events, from the rupture of the signs of the ring and the funeral to the successful successful successful selection.

As tribute from all over the world pour For late pope, let’s see what will happen in the holy throne in the hours immediately after the death of the Pope, as well as in the next few days and weeks.

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The first step after the Pope’s death

Camerlengo, a senior Vatican official, was told. They are responsible for determining formal death.

He stood on the papal body and ceremonially mentioned the name of the baptism of the whale three times – only when there was no response to calls that the Pope could pronounced was officially spoken.

After this, the death certificate was written. The papal apartment is locked by Camerlengo, with a papal study and the bedroom is sealed.

Camerlengo then broke the signs of whale and seal with scissors, to prevent it from being used by others.

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News announced

Camerlengo first shared the news with the Roman Vikar, the Dean of College of Cardinals, the Ambassador of the Holy Throne and the Head of the nation -nation.

The news was later announced to the public and the Basilika B Peter bell came out.

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Burial

Over the past 100 years, the Pope has been buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican.

However, Pope Francis instead said he wanted to be buried in the Basilica of Rome from St. Mary Major, the church where he went to pray before and after every foreign trip.

He also asked for a simple wooden coffin, instead of practicing centuries burying the pope in three coffins that locked each other made of fir, tin and oak.

According to church rules, funerals must occur between four and six days after his death.

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Choose a new whale

Between 15 and 20 days after the Pope died, cardinal from all over the world arrived in the Vatican to choose the successor.

Only those who are under 80 years old – around 135 cardinal – qualify for votes for new whales and closed during the process, known as conclave.

Cardinal must receive at least two thirds of votes that will be announced as new Pope.

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Ballots and notes are burned after each voice – for each failure, black smoke released from the sistine chapel. White smoke means the new whale has been selected.

After being elected, the Cardinals Dean asked if he received his election and he had to choose a name.

After being chosen, a senior cardinal declared a new whale in the balcony facing the St. Peter field in the Vatican city and declared “Habemus Papa” (“We Have Pope” in Latin), and Pope who has just bless the crowd.

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