Pope Francis practiced what he preached and lived a life of humble service to the Lord. He reminds me of my dad.

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Factbox-What Is a Roman Catholic Conclave and ... a makeshift chimney above the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke indicates inconclusive votes, while white smoke tells the outside world that a pope ...

Here’s a (non-exhaustive) look at what “Conclave” gets wrong — and gets right — about the process of electing a new pope: ...

When the spiritual leader of over 1.3 billion Catholics needs to be chosen, the Roman Catholic Church ... The colour of this smoke – black or white – is a crucial indicator of the election ...

The death of Pope Francis on Monday initiated a well-structured process designed to maintain the Roman ... of black smoke from a chimney on the roof if deliberations must continue or white smoke ...

Any baptized Roman Catholic male is eligible ... stove at the end of the voting session. Black smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney means no decision; white smoke signals the cardinals have ...

Technically, any Roman Catholic male can be elected pope ... the ballots will be burned along with a chemical that makes the smoke black. If white smoke billows from the chimney, however, it ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church ... ballots of the final round with chemicals to produce a white smoke. This is done to signal successful conclusion ...

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So convinced were they Archbishop of Milan Cardinal Angelo Scola was elected that, as soon as white smoke emerged from ... He served on the Roman Rota for many years and has been a bishop in ...