Explainer: The Catholic Church's Process for the Death of a Pope and the Election of a New One

The death of a pope starts a centuries-old ritual involving sacred oaths by the cardinals electing a successor the piercing of ballots with a needle and thread after they're counted and then burning them to produce either the white or black smoke to signal if there's a new leader for the world's billion Catholics The post Explainer The Catholic Church s Process for the Death of a Pope and the Electoral contest of a New One appeared first on Breitbart