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All you need to know about the Papal Conclave
Tuesday, Mar 12, 2013, 17:10 IST | Agency: DNA Web Team

Maleeva Rebello
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The college of Cardinals have started the process of electing the new Pope. Here's a look at the secretive process of the Papal Conclave.
















![Announcement of the new Pope's election
The Cardinal Deacon who has been selected to announce the new Pope appears at the main balcony of the basilica's façade to proclaim the new pope with the Latin phrase:
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum:
Habemus Papam!
Eminentissimum ac Reverendissimum Dominum,
Dominum [forename],
Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae Cardinalem [surname],
qui sibi nomen imposuit [papal name].
Which is translated in English to: "I announce to you a great joy:
We have a Pope!
The Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord,
Lord [forename],
Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church [surname],
who takes to himself the name [papal name].
The new Pope appears on the balcony of the papal palace and gives his first blessing and address to the millions of faithful Catholics who gather to catch a glimpse of this historic moment.
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