This brought a quick response from the Roman Catholic Church which excommunicated him for his actions. Henry VIII then had Parliament to declare him "Supreme head of the Church" in 1534, and thus the Church of England (sometimes also referred to as the Anglican Church) sev- ered all ties ...
Papal conclave is the assembly of cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church to elect a new pope and the system of strict seclusion to which they submit. The term comes from the Latin term cum clave, which means ‘with a key.’