Konklaf April 2005
Lambang Kekosongan Takhta Suci
Tanggal dan lokasi
18–19 April 2005 Kapel Sistina, Istana Apostolik, Kota Vatikan
Pejabat penting
Ketua	Joseph Ratzinger
Wakil Ketua	Angelo Sodano
Camerlengo	Eduardo Martínez Somalo
Proto-imam	Stephen Kim Sou-hwan
Proto-diakon	Jorge Medina Estévez
Sekretaris	Francesco Monterisi
Pemilihan
Balot	4
Paus terpilih
Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger (Nama pilihan: Benediktus XVI)
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Konklaf 2005 diadakan setelah kematian Paus Yohanes Paulus II pada 2 April 2005. Setelah dilakukan pemilihan, terpilihlah Benediktus XVI.

Referensi

• Allen, John L., Jr. (2005). The Rise of Benedict XVI: The inside story of how the pope was elected and where it will take the Catholic Church. Doubleday Religion. ISBN 0-385-51320-8. Pemeliharaan CS1: Banyak nama: authors list (link)
• Greeley, Andrew M. (2005). The Making of the Pope: 2005. Brown, Little. ISBN 0-316-86149-9.
• Weigel, George (2005). God's Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church. HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-621331-2.

Pranala luar

• Vacancy of the Apostolic See (situs web resmi)

Prosedur dan berita

• Universi Dominici Gregis – the rules governing the election
• Conclave procedures (Time)
• Hacking the Papal Election, about the security of the election process
• Cardinal Ratzinger's homily to the pre-Papal Mass Diarsipkan 2006-05-16 di Wayback Machine.

Punditry and prediksi

• Article concerning Candidates for succession Diarsipkan 2005-04-03 di Wayback Machine. (Slate.com)