A total of 135 cardinals around the world, all children under 80, are eligible to participate in the secret vote.
The Vatican has announced that a conclave to choose the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church after the death of Pope Francis will begin on May 7.
The date decided to kill a closed cardinals in the Vatican on Monday, two days after the funeral of Francis, who died on April 21 at the age of 88.
A total of 135 cardinals around the world and children under 80 are eligible to participate in the secret vote to decide who is the next church head of 1.4 billion members.
The Vatican closed on Monday the Sistine Chapel, where the vote will take place, to begin the preparations.
This year’s conclave marks a remarkable increase in participation compared to the previous ones after 115 cardinals participated in the 2005 and 2013 elections.
About 80 percent of current voters were appointed by Francis, who made efforts to expand the global representation of the Church.
Europe will again provide the largest voting block with 53 voters, followed by Asia and Oceania with 27, South America and Central with 21, Africa with 18 and North America with 16.
Italy remains the most represented country with 17 cardinals ahead of the United States with 10, Brazil with seven and France with five.
A decision about the new Pope could arrive in days
The members of the conclave cast their votes through Secret Poletas, a process supervised by nine random cardinals. A two -thirds majority is traditionally required to choose a new pope, and the vote continues until this threshold is with.
After each round, the tickets burn with chemicals that produce black or black smoke, signing the world. The black smoke points out that no decision has made the leg while the Meeano smoke, a new Pope has chosen bone. Once the Pope is chosen, a superior cardinal announces his name from the Basilica of San Pedro.
While there is no fixed time limit for a conclave, the story shows that the process can vary. Both Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI were chosen in two days.
The longest modern agreements, in 1903 and 1922, extended to five days. In the thirteenth century, a dead point after the death of a Pope lasted three years, which caused reforms still in his place.
