(ANSA) – VATICAN CITY, MAY 6 – The first smoke signal from the papal conclave will come from the Sistine Chapel “not before 7pm” on Wednesday, Holy See Press Office Director Matteo Bruni said on Tuesday.
He said the cardinal electors will enter the chapel at around 4:30 pm, then there will be a catechesis by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa and the swearing of the oath of office followed by the first vote on who should succeed Pope Francis.
There will then be four votes and two smoke signals a day until a new pontiff is elected.
So on Thursday, the first smoke signal could be around noon, unless a new pope is chosen in the first vote of the day, in which case the white smoke would puff out of the chimney at around 10:30 a.m.
Similarly, the subsequent smoke signal would not come until around 7:00 pm unless the first vote of the afternoon were decisive, in which case the white smoke would come out at around 5:30 p.m. (ANSA).
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He said the cardinal electors will enter the chapel at around 4:30 pm, then there will be a catechesis by Cardinal Raniero Cantalamessa and the swearing of the oath of office followed by the first vote on who should succeed Pope Francis.
There will then be four votes and two smoke signals a day until a new pontiff is elected.
So on Thursday, the first smoke signal could be around noon, unless a new pope is chosen in the first vote of the day, in which case the white smoke would puff out of the chimney at around 10:30 a.m.
Similarly, the subsequent smoke signal would not come until around 7:00 pm unless the first vote of the afternoon were decisive, in which case the white smoke would come out at around 5:30 p.m. (ANSA).
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