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I'm not Catholic and not very religious in general and what I do understand about Christianity does not convince me that Jesus Christ would entirely endores the Catholic teachings. Nevertheless, I can see that the Pope is very important to the members of the Catholic faith and that the Pope's influence in all of our lives is far reaching.
On a side note... I can slightly recall when the Pope was selected and that there was a Pope right before him that only lived a very short time afterward. I was young but I remember them talking about the selction process quite a bit then just as I'm sure they will do more of now. What I'm wondering about is, it is said that the conclave cannot begin earlier than 15 days or later than 20 days after the pope's death. What does that mean? Were something to happen and it not begin within 20 days, what happens? Is there someone who would assume the position by default?
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