Ballot burning times: when to watch for white smoke

Today 133 cardinals will enter the Sistine Chapel to begin the papal conclave, the secretive voting process that requires a two-thirds majority to elect the new leader of the global Roman Catholic Church. The election to select the Church’s 267th pope follows the death of Pope Francis on 21 April, Easter Monday, at the age The post Ballot burning times: when to watch for white smoke first appeared on Catholic Herald. The post Ballot burning times: when to watch for white smoke appeared first on Catholic Herald.