CONCLAVE WATCH
Papal Election 2025 – Breaking News – Vatican News – Conclave News
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LATEST UPDATE: 26-APRIL-2025 03:49 UTC
Conclave Details
- Begin of Conclave: to be determined
- Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican City
- Dean: Giovanni Battista Re
- Vice-Dean: Leonardo Sandri
- Camerlengo (Chamberlain): Kevin Joseph Farrell
- Senior Cardinal-Deacon: Dominique François Joseph Mamberti (will announce “Habemus Papam”)
Official Vatican Information
- Vacancy of the Apostolic See 2025
- Conclave is governed in accordance with the following decrees:
- John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis (Feb. 22, 1996)
- Benedict XVI, Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Constitutione Apostolica (June 11, 2007)
- Benedict XVI, Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio Normas Nonnullas (Feb. 22, 2013)
- College of Cardinals
- College of Cardinals – Interactive Dashboard
General Conclave 2025 Information
- Conclave – 2025 (Catholic Hierarchy)
- Conclave – 2025 – Information, Statistics, Participants, Details (Catholic Hierarchy)
- Video: From Death to Conclave: 10 Things That Happen When a Pope Dies (Purely Catholic)
- Before ‘habemus papam’ (The Pillar)
- From sede vacante to conclave: Key terms to know at the start of a papal transition (Catholic World Report)
- Special terms used during the period between popes (The Catholic Weekly)
Who are the Cardinal Electors?
- College of Cardinals – Interactive Dashboard
- College of Cardinals – General Information
- The College of Cardinals Report: Who they are, where they stand
- The cardinal electors, by the numbers
- The cardinals’ ‘Becciu Test’
- After cancellation: Cardinal takes part in the conclave after all
Twitter/X Accounts to Watch
- to be added
Information on the Cardinals and So-Called Papabili
- The Next Pope? It’s Complicated
- A Jewish guide to the cardinals who could succeed Francis
- Tradservative Dreams: Conciliar Nightmares
- THE UPCOMING CONCLAVE: A Close Look at the College of Cardinals
Pre-Conclave General Congregations
- General Congregations of Cardinals begin in the Vatican (Apr. 22, 2025)
- Second General Congregation of Cardinals held in the Vatican (Apr. 23, 2025)
- Cardinals hold third General Congregation, begin conversation about Church (Apr. 24, 2025)
- Cardinals hold 4th General Congregation, prepare for ‘funeral of shepherd’ (Apr. 25, 2025)
Where conclaves take place: the Sistine Chapel (Sacellum Sixtinum) in Vatican City
(image: Shutterstock/Francesca Leslie)
Background to the 2025 Conclave (much more to be added shortly!)
- ‘There are no candidates in a conclave,’ says Filipino Cardinal David
- Cardinal Müller says it would be ‘catastrophic’ for conclave to elect ‘heretic pope’
- The new leader of the Catholic Church will inherit a financial mess
- Fr. Murray to Newsmax: Cardinals Likely to Pick Pope With ‘More Traditional View’ of Doctrine
- Social media push for Cardinal Sarah as next pope gains momentum
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