Conclave to elect new pope to start on May 7 -Vatican source

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Conclave to elect new pope to start on May 7 -Vatican source

5:11 CAT | 28 Apr 2025

FILE - Cardinals arrive to pay their respects at the tomb of the late Pope Francis in the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore), in Rome, Italy, April 27, 2025. [File photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria]

Roman Catholic cardinals will meet in a secret conclave to elect the new leader of the global Church starting from May 7, a senior Vatican source said on Monday.

The date was decided during a closed-door meeting of cardinals at the Vatican, the first since the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday, the source said. The official announcement is due shortly.

Some 135 cardinals, all under the age of 80 and from across the world, are eligible to take part in the conclave and decide who should be the next leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church.

The previous two conclaves, held in 2005 and 2013, lasted just two days.

On Monday morning, some 180 cardinals set the date of the conclave during the fifth General Congregation in the Vatican. https://t.co/6epfwHrvnb pic.twitter.com/fOcif3D1Xm

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) April 28, 2025

On Divine Mercy Sunday, members of the College of Cardinals went to the papal Basilica of St. Mary Major to pay their respects to Pope Francis at his tomb and to pray Vespers, led by the Basilica’s Coadjutor Archpriest, Lithuanian-born Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas. pic.twitter.com/i7PUdIKiCM

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) April 27, 2025

The conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7 according to the Holy See Press Office.

The Cardinals present in Rome made the decision on Monday at their fifth General Congregation.

The conclave will take place in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, which remain closed to… pic.twitter.com/3eYiPof4uu

— Vatican News (@VaticanNews) April 28, 2025

Source: Reuters