Red-Robed Cardinals Set To Elect New Pope

By Micheal Chukwuebuka

FOLLOWING the death of Pope Francis, red-robed cardinals are preparing to pick a date for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

In the early hours of Monday, April 28, dozens of so-called “Princes of the Church met at the Vatican, with speculation growing that the secretive election process could begin on May 5.

Pope Francis

Stonix News reports that 252 cardinals from the Church were called back to Rome, although only 135 are aged under 80 and therefore eligible to vote for a new pope.

They hail from all corners of the globe and many of them do not know each other, but they already had four meetings last week where they began to get better acquainted.