THE POPE DIED

[somebody someone]

u dont vote in a pope do u?! i figured he was like selcted by god

did the pope die yet or will he outlast april fools day?

somebody someone Reviewed by somebody someone on 04-01-2005. THE POPE DIED the pope finally died, a great loss to humankind :( wow i think he must be really happy that finally he is meeting his creator *few minuites of silence* Bless his soul Rating: 5

[Lulu]

hey dude....i dont understand this...i was going to ask who will be the next pope then read this.....so is there not going to be another pope untill the people vote another one in? or just not going to be another pope......

Like everything else in the Roman Catholic Church there are a series of rituals to go through first.

When the Pope dies, the Cardinal Camerlengo (currently Eduardo Cardinal Martinez Somalo) must verify the death, traditionally by calling the Pope three times by his name without response. He must then authorize a death certificate and make the event public by notifying the Cardinal Vicar for the Diocese of Rome (currently Camillo Cardinal Ruini). The Camerlengo then seals the Pope's private apartments. He would also arrange for the "ring of the fisherman" and the papal seal to be broken. He then makes preparations for the Papal funeral rites, the novemdieles, the nine days of mourning.

During the interregnum, it is the Camerlengo who is responsible for the government of the Church. He must arrange the funeral and burial of the Pope. He directs the election of a new pope, assisted by three Cardinals, elected by the College of Cardinals, with three new Cardinals elected every three days.

All heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia are suspended from exercising their authority during the interregnum (and are expected to resign their posts immediately on the election of the new Pope). The only exceptions to this are the Cardinal Camerlengo, the Cardinal Vicar of Rome, the Major Penitentiary (William Cardinal Baum), the Cardinal Archpriest of St Peter's Basilica and the Vicar-General for Vatican City (both offices are held by Virgilio Cardinal Noe). These continue in their posts during the interregnum.

After 15-20 days of "General Congregations", sermons at their Titular Churches and mourning for the Pope after his funeral, the Cardinal Electors enter the Conclave to choose which of them will emerge as Holy Roman Pontiff.

The Cardinals must take an oath when they first enter the Conclave that they will follow the rules set down by the Pope and that they will maintain absolute secrecy about the voting and deliberations. The penalty for disclosing anything about the conclave that must be kept secret is automatic excommunication.

The Cardinals all take seats around the wall of the Sistine Chapel and take a ballot paper on which is written "Eligo in suumum pontificem" -- "I elect as supreme Pontiff...". They then write a name on it, fold it, and then proceed one by one to approach the altar, where a chalice stands with a paten on it. They hold up their ballot high to show that they have voted, then place it on the paten, and then slides it into the chalice. The votes are then counted by the Cardinal Camerlengo and his three assistants. Each assistant reads the name, reads the name aloud, writes it down on a tally sheet and then passes it to the next assistant. The third assistance runs a needle and thread through the centre of each ballot to join them all together. The ballots are then burned, as well as all notes made. If a new Pope has been elected, the papers are burned with to give white smoke. Otherwise, they give off black smoke, so that the waiting crowds, and the world, know whether their new Holy Father will soon emerge from the Sistine Chapel.

http://www.catholic-pages.com/pope/election.asp

[az666]

haha dude thats accually quite the accurate description of the foreshadowing/beginning of the apocolypse from the book of revelations...but the vatican usually spends weeks upon weeks locked in a room with certin canadites and vote on it...when a new pope is chosen, the vatican gives a sign to the public and everyone cheers

were you refering to my post? cause i have no idea what "the book of revelations are"....ill have a look for the foreshadowing....it honestly was a dream i had last night......if you arnt refering to my post then....ok

how do they decide who is going to be in for selection if you know what i mean...like do they pick people out of the phone book or is there a list alreadsy of holy peeps that they have to chooose from.....
2nd Q. who is the man down from the pope?

[Chilled Out]

he was against protections and thousands died of aids... he can rot in fucking hell for all i care

key word is 'I', feel free to have ur opinions just cos mine is extreme doesn't mean i am closed minded

I'm not Catholic or anything, but if you went with this "no protection" thing, weren't you also going with the "no sex til marriage" thing? Therefore you'd only be fucking your wife, so no AIDS.

Also, the Pope told Bush to get out of Iraq, so he gets big ups from me.

[az666]

ignore most of my last post as lulu kindly answer it
thanks dude

but koshea do you know much about the forcoming?
im looking into it now but all i can find is that its whats going to happen in a book....and anotheer thing on sum psychic guys prophecies

[koshea]

ignore most of my last post as lulu kindly answer it
thanks dude

but koshea do you know much about the forcoming?
im looking into it now but all i can find is that its whats going to happen in a book....and anotheer thing on sum psychic guys prophecies

no i dont think ive herd much about the forcoming, but i was referring to your post yes about the apocolypse.....pick up a bible and turn to the very back, i tell you, the bible is accually a good book if you take the time to read it, its full of people killing, fighting, lying, dying, betraying, and thieving....no so much for the religious significance but for shere entertainment

[Rarrr]

Well i'm not going to lose any sleep over his death... Can anyone tell me what he has done for humankind other than being a representative of god (allegedly)?

[Rarrr]

ignore most of my last post as lulu kindly answer it
thanks dude

but koshea do you know much about the forcoming?
im looking into it now but all i can find is that its whats going to happen in a book....and anotheer thing on sum psychic guys prophecies

I think the psychic guy you were talking about is nostradamus, he predicted the coming of Napolean, Hitler and the nuclear bomb. Whether he's right about the apocalypse is still unknown as he predicted it around 2012 (not sure on date)

[DreamSmoke]

Oh give it up you guys, he's just an old Italian guy. He's not Holy or anything, no person on Earth alive right now is anywhere near holy, just trying to pretend to be. No person here right now is blessed, trying to be fricken one of the Wise Men or something...

p.s i'm high right now

oh and I don't believe in this whole "the world's goona end" bullshit. It was supposed to end in like 92', then in 96', 98', 00', we were all supposed to die last year too and I haven't seen it so far. We're all also supposed to die in like 2008 too

Jeez...wise up we're not going nowhere until like 10,000 years from now. Nowhere near our lifetime..

[Dick Justice]

Pope's not dead, April Fools!