Cardinals of the Catholic Church from all over the world on Wednesday in the evening voted for the first time. Black smoke came out of the chimney above the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican. The vote was therefore unsuccessful. When they choose a new Pope, we will see white smoke.
In the following days, cardinals will be announced in this way the results of the choice in the morning and evening after every two rounds of the election. The Conclave is expected to be short, lasting only a few days.
Since the smoke was supposed to come out of the chimney from 19:00 to 19:30 according to the initial information, everyone was surprised when nothing happened even after the lesson. The smoke came out of the chimney shortly after nine in the evening. Until then, many viewers have diversified waiting for an important message in many ways. And they didn’t miss a lot. The view of the chimney of the Sixtin chapel was enhanced by local seagulls, which did not hesitate to sit near the chimney and wait along with the full square of believers for the results. The shots of these persistent operators immediately flooded the Internet and there were not many and have also been the target of many meme pictures.
Conclave began officially on Wednesday afternoon. The cardinals of the Electionists for common prayers in the Pavlin Chapel and the solemn procession entered the Sistine Chapel after 16.30 ha subsequently each of them with their hand on the Bible composed the oath of the confidentiality.
The papal ceremony then called the Latin “extra omnes” (all out, in the meaning of who does not belong here, let him go), after which only 133 cardinals remained in the chapel. By closing the large doors at 17.45, the Conclave officially started.
In the election of 267. The Pope in the history of the Catholic Church is attended by 133 cardinals of the electorates from 70 countries. A two -thirds majority is needed to choose the new Pope, ie 89 votes.
