The Interregnum
What does the term Sede Vacante mean in the context of the Catholic Church?
What is the Seat is Empty?
How many days of mourning traditionally follow the death of a Pope?
Where does the Conclave take place?
What is the Sistine Chapel?
What majority is required to elect a new Pope?
What is Two-thirds of the votes?
What question is asked of the elected Cardinal before he becomes Pope?
What is “Do you accept the election?”
Who governs the Church during the Sede Vacante period?
What is the college of cardinals?
What is the name of the Mass offered for the deceased Pope?
What is the Requiem Mass?
Who is eligible to vote in the Conclave?
What is Cardinals under the age of 80
How do the Cardinals cast their votes?
What is by writing their names on a ballot?
What is the first thing the new Pope does after accepting the election?
What is he chooses his papal name?
Which office is immediately suspended upon the Pope’s death or resignation?
What is The Papal Curia
Where is the Pope’s body traditionally displayed for public veneration?
What is St. Peter’s Basilica?
What is strictly forbidden for Cardinals during the Conclave?
What is leaving the premises or communicating with the outside world
What is done with the ballots after each round of voting?
What is they are burned?
What vestments does the new Pope wear upon acceptance?
What is the white cassock and papal stole?
What is the primary role of the Camerlengo during the Sede Vacante?
What is oversee the Vatican’s administration and seal the Pope’s apartments?
What is symbolically destroyed to signify the end of the deceased Pope's authority?
What is His Fisherman’s Ring?
What is the name of the oath the Cardinals take before voting?
What is Solemn Oath of Secrecy?
What does white smoke emerging from the Sistine Chapel chimney signify?
What is a new pope has been elected?
What is the name of the first public appearance the new Pope makes?
What is Urbi et Orbi blessing?
Which of the following actions is not permitted during the Sede Vacante?
What is appointing new bishops
What are the funeral ceremonies collectively referred to as?
What is the novemdiales?
Why is the Conclave held in secrecy?
What is to prevent outside influence or political pressure?
What is the Latin phrase traditionally announced upon the election of a new Pope?
What is Habemus Papam?
Where does the formal papal inauguration Mass typically take place?
What is St Peter's Square?