What is the papal conclave: Inside the ancient process of choosing the next pope

‘America’sNewsroom’co-anchorBillHemmerjoins‘Fox&FriendsFirst’todiscussPopeFrancis’meetingwithVPJDVancebeforehispassingandhisreflectiononthelifeandlegacyofaCatholicleader.  Afterapopedies,theCatholicChurchchoosesitsnextleaderthroughanancientelectoralprocesscalledthe“papalconclave.” Inpractice,sinceatleast1276,theconclavegathersthechurch’stopbishops–calledtheCollegeofCardinals–fromaroundtheglobe.Thoughtherearemorethan240cardinalscurrently,onlythoseundertheageof80areeligibletovoteintheconclaveandthenumberofcardinalelectorsislimitedto120.   NearlyallprefectsofVaticanofficeslosetheirjobswhenapopedies,butafewstayon,includingtheforeignministerandthemasterofliturgicalceremonies,whoplayakeyroleinassemblingtheconclave. TheconclavetakesplaceintheVatican’sSistineChapelandcardinalsarekeptinstrictisolationtokeepthemfarfromanyoutsideinfluencefromtherestoftheworld.T