"...from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is." -Pope Benedict XVI, Declaratio

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Prayer for the Election of a Pope

O God, eternal shepherd, 
who govern your flock with unfailing care, 
grant in your boundless fatherly love 
a pastor for your Church 
who will please you by his holiness 
and to us show watchful care. 
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, 
who lives and reigns with you 
   in the unity of the Holy Spirit, 
one God, for ever and ever. 
-Collect, Mass for the Election of a Pope

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Eligible Cardinal Electors

Alphabetical listing of members of the College of Cardinals, with biographies in English and Italian, who are eligible to vote in the Conclave to elect the new Holy Father

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Conclave Norms for the Election of the Roman Pontiff

• Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici Gregis On the Vacancy of the Apostolic See and the Election of the Roman Pontiff (Issued by Bl. John Paul II on 22 February 1996)
• Apostolic Letter De Aliquibus Mutationibus in Normis de Electione Romani Pontificis (Issued Motu Proprio by Benedict XVI on 11 June 2007) [French, Latin]
• Apostolic Letter Normas Nonnulla On Certain Modifications to the Norms Governing the Election of the Roman Pontiff (Issued Motu Proprio by Benedict XVI on 22 February 2013)
• ​Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues and in the Responses to the Encyclical Letter Ut Unum Sint

Resource Material & Information

• Current Cardinal Electors
• Analysis: Generational change in the Roman Curia and body of cardinals is coming in 2025
• College of Cardinal Dashboard
• Statistically speaking: How pope's choices change College of Cardinals
• List of Popes

​Unites States Conference of Catholic Bishops

• Inside the Conclave 
• How a New Pope Is Chosen
• Liturgical Notes and Resource Materials for Use Upon the Resignation of the Pope (Secretariat of Divine Worship)

Archdiocese of Washington

• Grades 9-12/Adult Catechetical Resource (español)

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