While the cardinals prepare to vote again, starting at 11 in the morning (Argentine time), hundreds of people gather in the mythical square to observe the white smoking.
Hundreds of faithful and tourists approached, from the early hours of Thursday, to the Plaza de San Pedro del Vaticano, waiting for the Third smoke of the conclavewhich will also be the second of this day. After the black smoke that left the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in the morning, the attention is put in the small duct that, at any time, I could dye the sky of Rome white, announcing the choice of the new Pope.
Although the square is not completely full, The constant flow of people who cross security controls predicts a massive day. The most enthusiastic are rushed to occupy the first rows in front of the basilica, In search of a privileged view of the fireplace that appears on the roof of the Sistine Chapel.
2025 conclave: hundreds of faithful await the white smoking
The whole Catholic world hopes that, this Thursday, The 133 marinated can reach an agreement. Among the attendees, there are those who even take their pets, as a woman who captured the attention of those present when she appeared with her dog disguised as potatoes, an image that It was recorded by the cameras of and quickly went viral on social networks.
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The third vote of the day will begin at approximately 11Argentine time. After the first elections, the sloping ones are expected to perform the smoking to appear around the first two votes of the day. However, a white smoking could surprise before planned, provided that the cardinals reach an agreement and choose the new pontiff.
Each new vote increases the possibilities that the long -awaited white smoke occursand for many faithful, witnessing that historical moment from the Vatican Square is a unique opportunity.
Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, on the conclave in the Vatican: “I hope white smoke tonight”
The conclave to choose the new Pope still does not reach consensus, after the first votes on Wednesday and this Thursday morning concluded without success. Despite the lack of agreement, the dean of the Cardenalicio College, Giovanni Battista Re, remained optimistic and said he hopes that “this afternoon” The expected White Small will be produced.
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“I hope that on my return to Rome this afternoon I will find the White Smoking. I am particularly happy to be here at the beginning of the conclave so that the Holy Spirit was strong and to be chosen the Pope who needs the Church and the world today,” said the purple from Pompeii. In his homily prior to the beginning of the process, he emphasized that the new Pope “will first have to try to try Strengthen faith in God in this world our characterized by technological progress, but under the spiritual aspect we have noticed a little forgetting of God, so a awakening is necessary“
Source: Ambito
