![]() ![]() Mary Hollingsworth recounts the events of the Roman conclave of 1559, tracking and tracing the ‘ill-tempered power struggle between the various factions’. When the white smoke finally rises, it usually turns out that all the bookmakers have got it wrong. ![]() The most favoured candidate is unlikely to be elected. Conclaves are even more unpredictable than general elections or referendums: according to an old Roman saying, if you go into a conclave as pope, you will leave it as a cardinal. A conclave is the supremely suspenseful event at which cardinals, also known as princes of the Church, congregate to elect their new leader with help from the Holy Spirit. ![]()
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