The delivery that chooses the new leader of the Catholic Church begins on Wednesday (7). Cardinals will go to isolation and they will not be able to communicate with the outside world until a white smoke comes out of the ceiling of the Sistine Church, which gives the reference to the world that the new Pope was elected.
The rituals go back to the thirteenth century, when Pontifical elections can past years Some Cardinals have already died during the comprehensive operation.
The word “Cum Clavis” comes from the Latin “Cum CLAVIS”, which means closed to the key and indicates the practice of inventory the Cardinals to allow them to choose the new Pope without external interference.
To avoid the external lobby and make sure that the Cardinate is free to choose those who think he is the best man to work, the differences occur in strict secrecy, with the “isolated” participants in the world.
They are prohibited to talk to anyone outside the operation, which may take several days. They cannot read media reports or receive messages.
Smoke time expectations
Below see the completion of the vote on the delivery and when the first smoke should leave Shamein.
Here are Brazilia times. They may changeDepending on the amount of rituals and the same voices the past.
Wednesday (7)
- 11:30 AM – The entrance to the Sistin Church, the collective and individual oath. After closing the doors, there is a speech inside the church, and opened the potential questions and then voted
- 14h – The first smoke is expected to leave the Sistin Church chimney
Thursday (8)
- 5:30 AM – The end of the vote will be smoke only if the Pope is already elected
- 7h00 – The end of the second vote, and if there is no door, the black smoke will come out of the chimney
- 12h30 – The end of the vote again, there will be smoke unless the Pope is actually elected
- 14h00 – The end of the new vote, and if there is no door, the black smoke will come out of the chimneys
If there is no door that was elected on Thursday, new sounds must occur in the following days.
Perform the voting process
Conclave starts with Special morning mass in Saint Peter Basilica. After that, the Cardinals walk to the Sistine Church To start Election process.
The vote is made in closed doors, and secrecy It is kept carefully. The church is verified in search of hidden cameras and microphones, and the crusher is not allowed to talk about procedures with anyone outside the group. If they do, they can be expelled.
Journalist Jonathan Man CNN international The rituals that occur inside the Sistine Church. Voting occurs in Paper papers It was distributed to all Cardinal, who writes the name of the candidate chosen under the Latin words “Eligo in Summun Pontificem” (“I am raised as a higher power”).
Through the base, Cracks cannot vote themselves and Voices are unknown.
When it ends, all the cardinal – for seniority – walks into a altar to put its double boxing papers in a cup. Then the sounds are listed and the result is read to the cruise.
If one Cardinal receives two -thirds of votes, It becomes the new Pope.
Subordinate The last 11 communication was implemented, none of them lasted more than four daysAccording to the diocese of Proventins, Rod Island from the United States.
Voting
The Vatican released pictures of the Sistin Hall, where the flavor will be voted. At one point, you can see a list with Which will vote in the Cardinate.
The first will be Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Foreign Minister and is considered “No. 2” of Pope Francis. After that, they will score their votes Fernando Feloni, Luis Antonio Talal, Robert Brevost and Luis Saco.
This will be the arrangement in which the Brazilian Cardino will vote for Conclave:
- Odilo Scherler: 14º
- Joao Baraz de Aviz: 21º
- Ourian storm: 34º
- Sergio da Rosha: 49 degrees
- Leonardo Ulrich Steiner: 76 degrees
- Paulo Cesar Costa: 82 degrees
- Jimmy Spencer: 105 degrees
The vote will start with the bishops of the Cardinals. Then the largest Cardinate will come, then the deacon. Within this, they follow the arrangement of seniority (in this case, which was occupying this position for a longer period so that the position has a post for a lesser period).
After all, who should be the next Pope?
Specialists and crops say this There is no consensus on those who will succeed Francisco As a leader of the Catholic Church.
Although some Cardinals are seen as preferred to the successor of Pope Francis – Two of them are often mentionedPietro Parolin and Cardinal Filipino Luis Antonio Tagle – Many clerics who will vote say they have not decided yet.
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PITRO Parolin is one of the quoted to be the following Pope • 3/2022 Reuters/Rumaili
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Cardinal Matteo Zoubi in Moscow • 6/29/2023 Reuters/Maxim Shimitov
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The Patriarch of Latin Jerusalem, Perbatista Bizabala, is participating in a mass in honor of Pope Francis in the Church of the Holy grave on April 23, 2025 in Jerusalem. • Prince of Levy/Getty Pictures
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Cardinal Luis Antonio Talal is participating in a bloc with the new Cardinals, headed by Pope Francis in the Church of St. Peter, on December 8, 2024, in the Vatican city. • Franco Oreglia/Getty Images
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The Archbishop of Cardinal and Budapest, Peter Ardo, attends the Mass in the Church of St. Peter, before entering the Cardinals to the closest to determine who the next Pope will be on March 12, 2013 in the Vatican Vatican. • Franco Oreglia/Getty Images
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A view of French Cardinal Jean -Marc Avilin during the funeral ceremony of Jean -Claude Godin, who was the mayor of Marseille from 1995 to 2020. Dennis Those/Sob
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The Maltese Cardinal Mario Grish celebrates the holy mass at the end of the sixteenth public assembly of Sinodes Bishops in the Church of St. Peter on October 29, 2023 in the Vatican city, Vatican. • Vatican media via Vatikan Baraka/Gety Em.
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The Vatican Apostolic Library, the Portuguese Cardinal Jose Toleino de Mendona, puts the fixed installation of “The Ordest Way” by the Romanian artist Pietro Ruffo in Barberini Hall during the opening of every day on November 08, 2021 in the Vatican city. • Franco Oreglia/Getty Images
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US Cardinal Robert Francis Perform The Pope Francis’s rosary prayers in St. Boutros Square on March 3, 2025 in the Vatican city. • Christopher Forllong/Getty Pictures
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British Cardinal Arthur Roche leads the pink prayer session for Pope Francis in the Saint Peter Square on March 4, 2025, in the Vatican city. • Christopher Forllong/Getty Pictures
The Cistin Church has been assembled with the company
Vatican technicians end Preparation of the Sistine Church To receive Conclave ensures that what is happening inside remains secret.
On Wednesday afternoon, 133 Cardinal will enter less than 80 years of age for the first vote. They will walk on a newly installed floor, which is high to provide a platform for the altar, which is several steps higher than the rest of the church.
Security measures to ensure No one spies or tries to get information that includes a movie in the window to prevent private drone cameras and tiles to prevent mobile phones, which are blocked anyway.
Cardinate will be shelter at the Santa Marta residence, which includes about 130 rooms, and at the oldest neighboring headquarters.
The located cellular signal to the Vatican
everyone Cellular signs will be activated in the Vatican The Italian government media said that Wednesday (7), shortly before the start of the flavor to elect the next Pope.
The Vatican also plans to use signal blockers around the Sistin Church to prevent “electronic monitoring” or communicate with people outside the range, the Italian News Agency reported.
The phone signal will be Cut 15 hoursAt local time (10 am from Brazilia), on Wednesday, that is, an hour and a half before the Cardinals moved to the Sistine Church to start simulation, according to the country’s broadcaster Ray.
The siege of the reference will not affect the Saint Peter Square, as the audience usually meets, according to the speaker.
Smoke that indicates the result
You cannot enter the Sistine Church, but believers and journalists learn about the result through The color of smoke that comes out of the Vatican ceiling.
The banknotes are burned after voting, once in the morning and once.
If one The Pope was not chosen, The banknotes are burned with a chemical that leaves Black smoke.
However, if the smoke that comes out of the surface is BrankaThis means that Catholics in the world will have The new church head.
After the voices, a Cardinal appears on the balcony of the Sao Pedro Square, It declares traditional “pope” (Latin for “Our Pope”).
S. The official announcement of the new Pope It occurs in Latin, after a used speech indicating many papal elections.
See the original language and translation:
S. Advertisement The election of the new ink for 1.3 billion Romanian Catholics in the world is the “Cardinal Protodono”.
Currently, this position is the French Cardinal Dominic Mambarti.
If the Pope is not elected in the next range, it will be announced “pope” On the central balcony of Saint Peter.
The moment of advertising is always a lot of parties for thousands of believers who expect the operation in the Vatican.
Traditionally, about 30 to 60 minutes of white smoke, The new Pope will appear on the balcony It overlooks Saint Peter Square.
The new ink will speak shortly and say a prayer. Days after the elections, the Pope officially assumes the position.
The last two of the popes were performed at the Cathedral of St. Peter.