Habemus Papam! We have a new Pope, Francis from Argentina.

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Origins of words: source catholic encyclopedia

Conclave
Latin cum, with, and clavis, key; a place that may be securely closed)

Pontiff, High priest
the Bishop of Rome, the Pope or "Roman Pontiff"


Cardinal

By the term cardinal (Cardinalis) was originally understood every priest permanently attached to a church, every clericus, either intitulatus or incardinatus.

Vatican
The origin of the name Vaticanus is uncertain; some claim that the name comes from a vanished Etruscan town called Vaticum

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