Editing Politics of Vatican City (section)

== Election ==
{{Main|Papal conclave}}

The pope is elected in the [[papal conclave]], composed of all the [[cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinal elector]]s which are [[bishops]] and [[archbishops]] appointed by the pope, now limited to all the cardinals below the age of 80, [[sede vacante|after the death]] or [[papal resignation|resignation]] of the previous Pope. The Conclave is held in the [[Sistine Chapel]], where all the electors are locked in (Latin: ''cum clave'') until the election for which a two-thirds majority is required. The faithful can follow the results of the polls, usually two in the morning and two in the evening, until election, by a chimney-top, visible from [[St. Peter's Square]]. The voting papers are burnt in a stove attached to the chimney. Additives make the smoke black (''fumata nera'') in a case of no election, or white (''fumata bianca'') when the new pope is elected. 

The [[Dean of the College of Cardinals|Dean of the Sacred College]] (''Cardinale Decano'') will then ask the freshly elected pope to choose his pastoral name. As soon as the pope is dressed with the white [[cassock]], the [[Cardinal protodeacon#Catholic Church|Senior Cardinal-Deacon]] (''Cardinale Protodiacono'') appears on the major balcony of St. Peter's façade to introduce the new pope,<ref>Ap. Const. Universi Dominici Gregis n. 89</ref> with the [[Latin]] sentence
''Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: [[habemus papam]]'' (I announce to you a great joy: We have a Pope).