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Pope changes conclave rules
Pope changes conclave rules
Last Modified: 26 Jun 2007
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PA News
Pope Benedict XVI has changed the rules for electing Popes, making it potentially harder to name a successor.
The change will ensure that when the white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel the new Pope has broad support among cardinals.
Benedict issued a one-page document in Latin on Tuesday requiring that two-thirds of the cardinals in a conclave agree on the new pontiff.
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