2025 Papal Conclave: Difference between revisions

The '''2025 papal conclave''' is scheduled to begin on 7 May 2025 in the Sistine Chapel in [[Vatican City]] to elect a new pope to succeed [[Pope Francis]], who died at the age of 88 on 21 April 2025.<ref name="wiki2025">{{cite web |title=2025 papal conclave |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_papal_conclave |website=Wikipedia |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=5 May 2025}}</ref> The conclave follows a period of mourning and preparations, including the Novemdiales Masses, and is governed by the apostolic constitution ''Universi Dominici Gregis'' (1996) as amended by [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s 2013 ''motu proprio'', ''Normas nonnullas''.<ref name="wiki2025" /> With 135 eligible cardinal electors, of whom 133 are expected to participate, it is the largest conclave in the history of the [[Catholic Church]].<ref name="catholicnews">{{cite web |title=2025 conclave to be largest in Catholic Church’s history |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/2025-conclave-to-be-largest-in-catholic-churchs-history |website=Catholic News Agency |access-date=5 May 2025 |date=2 May 2025}}</ref>