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Conclave

Should the next conclave vote less?

Would a proposal for fewer daily votes improve papal elections?

Ed. Condon
Feb 27, 2024
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Conclaves, the sequestered meetings of the college of cardinals which elect the pope, have maintained an aura of secrecy and ritual throughout the centuries. 

Cardinals meet to begin a conclave. Image via Thesistinechapel.org

But despite the appearance of timeless continuity, successive popes have made a point of tinkering with the proper law of papal ele…

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