Firefighters from the city of the Vatican They installed the chimney on the roof of the Sistine chapel of which, as of May 7, The smoke that will be annotated on the results of the cardinal votes will be For the choice of a New Pope.
According to the information disseminated by the Holy See, It is likely that this Friday some tests will be carried out To check that the fireplace works.
But the moments on which worldwide will focus on that place will begin to run next Wednesday, When the conclave begins In that historic Vatican chapel that closed the public on Monday for preparations.
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There, the 133 Cardinals with less than 80 years will vote to their candidates to succeed Pope Francis. As tradition says, the Black smoke It will indicate abroad that there was no agreement while the Blanca smoking, which is achieved by adding a chemical substance, will announce that a new Pope was elected with two thirds of the consensus, which this time will be 89 votes.
Preparations for conclave
Meanwhile, The Sistine Chapel is being prepared. In recent days the floor rose with a provisional structure- according to it was said- so that the sloping ones that have problems mobilizing do not suffer accidents.
Once this is finished, the tables and banks will be installed for the debates they will have Two daily votesone in the morning and another in the afternoon. The only day there will be a single vote will be on Wednesday, May 7after the Mass “Pro choosing Pontifice”, as confirmed by the Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
In that Eucharistic celebration, the Dean will invite his brothers to go to the Sistine Chapel in the afternoon with these words: “The whole Church, together with us in prayer, constantly invokes the grace of the Holy Spirit, to be chosen by us a worthy shepherd of the whole flock of Christ”.
From there, the procession to the Sistine, inside which the cardinals will sing the anthem I came, creator And they will take an oath and then the vote will begin. After some of them, El Francés Dominique MambertiPrefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic and Protodiácono signature, will take care of the announcement of “Habemus Papam”in the Plaza de San Pedro.
For now, more than 180 cardinals were presented in the general congregations, of which more than a hundred are voters. Bruni did not want to confirm if the 134 Cardinals under 80 years of age will enter the Sistinesince some will arrive at the last moment for health reasons.
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