TITLE

What goes on behind closed doors

AUTHOR(S)
Allen Jr., John L.
PUB. DATE
April 2005
SOURCE
National Catholic Reporter;4/15/2005, Vol. 41 Issue 24, p15
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Discusses the procedures for the election of the successor to Pope John Paul II based on his 1996 document "Universi Dominici Gregis". Required length of the interregnum, or the period between reigns; General Congregation of the cardinals four days after the death of the pope; Informal meetings during the interregnum; Election procedures of the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel.
ACCESSION #
16724352

Tags: POPES -- Elections;  CATHOLIC Church;  CHRISTIAN sects;  CARDINALS;  RELIGIONS;  CHRISTIANITY;  JOHN Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005

 

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