US EditionStove to burn conclave ballots for new pope installed in Sistine Chapel
- Ahead of the conclave beginning May 7, 2025, to choose the 267th pope, a basic stove for burning ballots was set up inside the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City by Vatican personnel.
- Preparations include blocking electronic sensors, installing a false floor, and arranging wooden tables where 133 cardinal electors will vote after Pope Francis died April 21, 2025.
- If no candidate obtains the required two-thirds majority of 89 votes, ballots will be burned producing black smoke to signal no pope, while white smoke indicates an election.
- Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni denied reports that leading candidate Cardinal Pietro Parolin experienced health issues requiring medical attention amidst the conclave preparations.
- The conclave will begin with a Mass by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re before cardinals sequester themselves to elect the next pope, with millions watching the smoke signals from the chimney.
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The Conclave Stove Is Now in Place
Vatican workers have installed the simple stove in the Sistine Chapel where ballots will be burned during the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope, as jockeying continued over who among the cardinals is in the running. The Holy See released a video Saturday of the preparations for the May...
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