The MISA ‘for choosing the Pope’who officiates the Dean of the Cardenalicio College, Giovanni Battista Rehas begun this Wednesday at the San Pedro Basilica before the presence of 133 Cardinals that from Wednesday afternoon they will be locked in conclave to choose the 267 Pope of Church History. They also attend the religious ceremony, which began at 10.00 local time (08.00 GMT), the Cardinals over 80 yearsthat they cannot enter the Sistine Chapel, as well as numerous bishops, priests and religious, in addition to faithful. It is a Mass to ask God to help in the election of the Pope and during the ceremony the faithful will ask in several languages - francés, suajili, Portuguese, juggled, Chinese and German – by the cardinals called to choose the successor of Francisco, for all the peoples of the earth, for those oppressed by hatred and for the family. It will be relevant the homily pronounce the cardenal decanoit is his last public speech before the election of the new Pope and in which the profile that the next pontiff must have, together with the criteria that must guide the cardinals during the election. After the Mass, the cardinals will retire to the residence of Santa Marta, where they will stay during the days that the conclave lasts. At 16.15 local time (14.15 GMT), the 133 cardinals will meet in the Pauline chapel And from there they will go in procession to the Sistine Chapel, where they will enter at 4.30 pm local (15.30 GMT).
There, after carrying out the oath, they will be fiery in the Sixtine chapel and then proceed to the first and only vote of the day, whose result is expected with the first smoke around 7:00 p.m.
