OC: It’s been nearly 200 years since a conclave took longer than a week, with modern conclaves typically taking two to three days.
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OC: It’s been nearly 200 years since a conclave took longer than a week, with modern conclaves typically taking two to three days.
Posted by nbcnews
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Catholic cardinals from around the world are converging on Vatican City in advance of [the conclave ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-francis-dead-what-happens-next-rcna128745)that will elect the successor to [Pope Francis, who died Monday](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pope-francis-dies-rcna192559). [Favorites have emerged](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/francis-dies-who-will-be-next-pope-rcna103044), and once the conclave begins it likely won’t be long before a new pope is announced, as data shows that conclaves don’t take as long as they used to.
Conclaves were first used to elect a pope [about eight centuries ago](https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7373429), with early elections lasting months, even years.
More here: [https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/pope-how-long-conclave-cardinals-papal-names-oldest-age-charts-rcna201635](https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/pope-how-long-conclave-cardinals-papal-names-oldest-age-charts-rcna201635)
Probably because it was difficult to travel in past and much easier now ?
There’s probably a bunch of Whatsapp chats going about before the conclave, where in the past all the cardinals had to get all the way to the Vatican to begin their campaigning. It’s a connected world even for the clergy.
I just hope that this conclave will elect Pope Stanley Tucci.
The graphic doesn’t actually show the fact in your headline, and it just shows that the *shortest* conclaves have been from recent years, allowing for there to be longer ones interspersed among the conclaves of the last year. I would love an accompanying graphic showing the longest and shortest conclaves of, say, each century.
Also, so we have any idea why they are getting shorter? Naively, travel took far longer back in the day, as did communication, so could the longer times simply be due to it taking time for people to get there?
Maybe there is a connection with the actual power that the church held at the time of the papal conclaves?
If we are going to have corporations posting here can we at least demand that they actually make beautiful data reoresentations.
Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Benedict XIV. Apparently, he was an avid gambler. He frequently used profane language.
This is a cool way to find out we got a new Pope. I mean I new the old one died but didn’t know they picked a new one yet.
To be fair, it’s a lot quicker and easier to communicate with people all around the planet than it was in the past…
It’s pretty insane how much quicker they can figure out who the big man’s representative in Earth should be!
I guess that goes to show the advances in divine communication that have been made in recent times.
Can you believe it used to take DAYS to communicate with it, nowadays we can get a chat up in a few hours! 😇
(Obligatory /s jic)
The Holy Spirit works faster these days.
Like, thanks for sharing, just wish this data was actually presented beautifully…
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