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The 30 pages that link to Papal conclave, each with the reason it gives.

• Papal StatesRelated: A new pope inherited temporal government as well as leadership of the Catholic Church.

• Papal primacyBroader topic: The election establishes who exercises the Roman see's primatial office.

• PopeRelated: It is the formal process that fills the papal office after a vacancy.

• Papal infallibilityCompared with: The doctrine concerns the pope's teaching, not the process that selects him.

• First Vatican CouncilRelated: After the council, its teachings became a focal point in disputes surrounding papal authority.

• Western SchismNarrower topic: Disagreement over the validity of the 1378 conclave drove the first rival papal claims.

• College of CardinalsBroader topic: The conclave is the College’s electoral procedure, not a separate advisory body.

• St. Peter's BasilicaRelated: The basilica is used for Mass before cardinals enter the conclave in the Sistine Chapel.

• PapacyBroader topic: A conclave determines who will hold the papal office after it becomes vacant.

• Pope Alexander VINarrower topic: The circumstances of Alexander’s election fed enduring debate about money and influence in papal elections.

• Papal legateRelated: Special legates can represent the pope at events where his presence is impossible or inappropriate.

• Pope Sixtus IVRelated: The 1471 conclave elected Francesco della Rovere as Sixtus IV.

• Elective monarchyRelated: The papacy is an enduring elective office with monarchical features, though it is not a hereditary crown.

• Pope Martin VNarrower topic: The conclave at Constance used an unusual electoral arrangement to choose Martin V.

• Pope Benedict XVINarrower topic: Cardinals elected Ratzinger pope on 19 April 2005.

• Renaissance papacyRelated: The election of each pope shaped the alliances and interests governing the institution.

• Sistine ChapelRelated: The chapel becomes the sealed voting venue during a papal election.

• Pope Alexander IIINarrower topic: A divided cardinalate elected Alexander amid pressure from Frederick I.

• Pope Honorius IIINarrower topic: Cardinals elected Honorius at Perugia in July 1216, shortly after Innocent III's death.

• St. Peter's SquareRelated: Crowds assemble in the square to learn the conclave's outcome and greet the new pope.

• AntipopeRelated: Disputes over elections to this office have produced rival claimants.

• SedevacantismRelated: A disputed vacancy raises the question of who could lawfully elect a successor.

• Vatican Apostolic ArchiveRelated: Archival records illuminate the procedures and political contexts of past elections.

• Clement VIIRelated: The disputed circumstances of the 1378 conclave became central to Clement’s claim to the papacy.

• Pope John Paul INarrower topic: Luciani’s election followed Paul VI’s death and the cardinals’ August 1978 conclave.

• Pope John XXIIINarrower topic: Conclaves elected both Roncalli and Cossa in radically different church crises.

• Pope Pius VIIIRelated: Cardinals elected Castiglioni on 31 March 1829.

• Prisoner in the VaticanRelated: Conclaves held in the Vatican underscored that papal succession continued despite the territorial dispute.

• History of the papacyBroader topic: Election procedures determine who occupies the papal office.

• Pope Pius IIIRelated: His death triggered another conclave within weeks of the one that elected him.