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
Papal conclave is the name for the assembly of cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church to elect a new pope and for the system of strict seclusion to which they submit for the election process. The term comes from the Latin phrase ‘cum clave,’ which mean
(Who were the most influential popes in the history of the Roman Catholic Church?) Britannica Quiz Christianity Quiz Nevertheless, abuses still occurred. When the cardinals failed to elect a pope more than two years after the death of Clement IV (1265–68), the local magistrate locked the ...