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How to choose a pope
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:40:57
Publish Date: 2025-05-08 23:00:00
Description:

All eyes have been on the Vatican in recent days, as the conclave have decided who will be the next pope. But how does the process today compare to that of past centuries? What have been some of the most dramatic papal elections down the centuries? And was there ever really a female pope? Matt Elton caught up with expert in papal history Rebecca Rist to find out more.


The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine.

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