{"id":19032,"date":"2025-04-21T19:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teatinos.org\/apostolica-sedes-vacans-significado-implicancias-y-normativa\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T19:33:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:33:59","slug":"apostolica-sedes-vacans-significado-implicancias-y-normativa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teatinos.org\/en\/apostolica-sedes-vacans-significado-implicancias-y-normativa\/","title":{"rendered":"Apostolica Sedes Vacans: meaning, implications, and canonical norms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"\" data-start=\"3684\" data-end=\"3734\"><strong data-start=\"3689\" data-end=\"3734\">What does \u201cApostolica Sedes Vacans\u201d mean?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3736\" data-end=\"3982\">The Latin phrase <em data-start=\"3753\" data-end=\"3778\">Apostolica Sedes Vacans<\/em> means \u201cthe Apostolic See is vacant.\u201d It refers to the period when the <strong data-start=\"3849\" data-end=\"3886\">Catholic Church is without a Pope<\/strong>, due to death or a valid resignation, as provided by <strong data-start=\"3940\" data-end=\"3956\">Canon 332 \u00a72<\/strong> of the Code of Canon Law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3984\" data-end=\"4131\">This is a <strong data-start=\"3994\" data-end=\"4040\">time of transition in the Petrine ministry<\/strong>, but the Church continues her spiritual and institutional life, guided by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" data-start=\"4133\" data-end=\"4164\"><strong data-start=\"4138\" data-end=\"4164\">Theological foundation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4166\" data-end=\"4408\">The absence of a Pope does not mean the Church lacks a head. <strong data-start=\"4227\" data-end=\"4268\">Christ remains the Head of the Church<\/strong>. The Pope acts as His Vicar, and when the office is vacant, the Church remains under divine guidance, awaiting the next Successor of Peter.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" data-start=\"4410\" data-end=\"4455\"><strong data-start=\"4415\" data-end=\"4455\">Canonical and administrative aspects<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4457\" data-end=\"4758\">According to <strong data-start=\"4470\" data-end=\"4483\">Canon 335<\/strong>, during the vacancy of the Apostolic See, <strong data-start=\"4526\" data-end=\"4604\">no innovations may be introduced in the governance of the universal Church<\/strong>. The <strong data-start=\"4610\" data-end=\"4624\">Camerlengo<\/strong> administers the temporal goods and manages ordinary affairs of the Holy See, following the constitution <strong data-start=\"4729\" data-end=\"4757\">Universi Dominici Gregis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" data-start=\"4760\" data-end=\"4781\"><strong data-start=\"4765\" data-end=\"4781\">The Conclave<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4783\" data-end=\"5032\">After the mourning and preparations, a <strong data-start=\"4822\" data-end=\"4834\">Conclave<\/strong> is held. Only <strong data-start=\"4849\" data-end=\"4882\">cardinals under the age of 80<\/strong> can vote. A <strong data-start=\"4895\" data-end=\"4918\">two-thirds majority<\/strong> is required for a valid election. Once the elected cardinal accepts, he becomes the Pope and begins his ministry.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"\" data-start=\"5034\" data-end=\"5069\"><strong data-start=\"5039\" data-end=\"5069\">A time of waiting and hope<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"5071\" data-end=\"5293\">The <em data-start=\"5075\" data-end=\"5089\">Sede Vacante<\/em> is a time of <strong data-start=\"5103\" data-end=\"5139\">prayer, silence, and discernment<\/strong>, in which the Church entrusts herself to the Holy Spirit. It is not a void, but a <strong data-start=\"5222\" data-end=\"5246\">graceful expectation<\/strong> for the next Shepherd of the universal Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does \u201cApostolica Sedes Vacans\u201d mean? The Latin phrase Apostolica Sedes Vacans means \u201cthe Apostolic See is vacant.\u201d It refers to the period when the Catholic Church is without a Pope, due to death or a valid resignation, as provided by Canon 332 \u00a72 of the Code of Canon Law.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apostolica Sedes Vacans: meaning, implications, and canonical norms - Teatinos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/teatinos.org\/en\/apostolica-sedes-vacans-significado-implicancias-y-normativa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apostolica Sedes Vacans: meaning, implications, and canonical norms - Teatinos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What does \u201cApostolica Sedes Vacans\u201d mean? 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