nate415 wrote the following post at 04/15/2008 7:34 AM:

Papal elections are guided by the Holy Spirit, just as the Magisterium and the Pope are guided infallibly by the Spirit in areas of faith and morals when speaking ex cathedra.

If Papal elections are guided by the Holy Spirit then why are there multiple votes? Wouldn't the Holy Spirit guide everybody to vote the same way the first time? Shouldn't all papal elections, so guided by the Holy Spirit, be unanimous on the first vote?

Just asking?