{"id":141450,"date":"2025-04-29T12:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=141450"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:57:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:57:10","slug":"conclave-drama-incoming-new-pope-vote-kicks-off-may-7-following-pope-francis-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/conclave-drama-incoming-new-pope-vote-kicks-off-may-7-following-pope-francis-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Conclave drama incoming: New Pope vote kicks off May 7 following Pope Francis&#8217; passing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Vatican<\/strong> is bringing the next <strong>conclave<\/strong>: May 7 is when 130 cardinals will lock themselves away in the Sistine Chapel to pick the next pope. With <strong>Pope Francis<\/strong>\u2019 passing at 88, the race is on to find a successor who\u2019ll either carry pastoral vibes or hit rewind to a more old-school approach. The conclave kicks off with a morning mass at St. Peter\u2019s Basilica. Then, some serious holy decisions will be made!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1916815145205944340\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Conclave to elect a new Pope will begin on May 7th. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/joqoMp2Tp0\">pic.twitter.com\/joqoMp2Tp0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Base (@PopBase) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopBase\/status\/1916815145205944340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t let the robes fool you\u2014this is politics in the form of a prayer. Behind the scenes are several ebates, alliances, scandals, global diplomacy, and a lot of pressure. Only c<strong>ardinals<\/strong> under 80 can vote, and a two-thirds majority is required to seal the deal. And yeah, no one\u2019s leaving the conclave until white smoke signals the choice of a new pope.<\/p>\n<p>Preparations are already underway, from installing the infamous smoke chimney to figuring out sleeping arrangements (Casa Santa Marta is gonna be packed). As Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni cheekily said, \u201cNo one will be left on the street.\u201d Let the holy reality show begin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Vatican is bringing the next conclave: May 7 is when 130 cardinals will lock themselves away in the Sistine Chapel to pick the next pope. With Pope Francis\u2019 passing at 88, the race is on to find a successor who\u2019ll either carry pastoral vibes or hit rewind to a more old-school approach. The conclave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3104,"featured_media":141524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2264],"tags":[],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-141450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3104"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141450"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=141450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}