Once the conclave started, the first day of voting threw black smoke. The Vatican has a series of protocol steps to follow.
He 2025 conclave It began this Wednesday 7 and the first vote threw black smoke. This indicated that the process did not reach a chosen pontiff, so Voting rounds must continueA, in principle, today. In the case of a cardinal, this will be the next Pope and In that case, the smoke that will come through the chimney of the Sistine Chapel will be white.
Vatican: what is the step by step once a Pope is chosen
Once the voting round is finished, after the sighting of the white smoke, the conclave continues with a series of steps that the chosen cardinal must cross as next Church driver. These are the following:
- Confirmation and acceptance: The Dean Cardinal (or the one of greatest present) Ask the chosen if he accepts the position and what name he wants to take.
- Official Minutes: The master of ceremonies writes the Act with acceptance and namein the presence of witnesses.
- Start of the pontificate: if the chosen one is already bishop, At that time he officially becomes a potato.
- Tribute: the cardinals approach to Express obedience to the new Pontiff.
- Tears Sala: The Pope changes for the first time with papal clothing.
- Road to Loggia: accompanied by the Swiss Guard, The Pope goes to the Loggia Delle Benedizioni.
- Habemus Papam: Cardinal Protodiácono announces it publicly.
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After the first black smoking, how will the second day of the conclave
More than two weeks after the death of Pope Francisthis Wednesday began in the Vatican the conclave to choose his successor. On the first voting day, black smoke came out of the fireplace of the Sistine chapelimplying that an agreement was not yet reached between the 133 Cardinals about the new Supreme Pontiff.
As of today, four daily voting rounds will be carried out, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, until it is defined who will be the next Dad. After each vote, the smoke that will leave the fireplace will determine what result they arrived: It will be white in case there is a final and black decision if there was still no consensus for the new pontiff.
Source: Ambito
