Creation, Last Judgment, Stoves: Workers Ready Sistine Chapel for Conclave

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VATICAN CITY — Red curtains are hung on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica. The Sistine Chapel is furnished with tables, ballots, pens, and vote-counting equipment. The Room of Tears is prepped with fresh, white papal vestments in sizes suitable…

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The Vatican Media has previewed the ballots and other materials for the election and the interior of the Sistine Chapel, where the voting will be held.

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The Sistine Chapel. / Credit: marcobrivio.photography/Shutterstock Vatican City, May 6, 2025 / 11:12 am (CNA). The Sistine Chapel has witnessed every papal election since 1492 with only five exceptions, and it is preparing to once again host th... [...]

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The chimney is up. Vatican workers have installed a temporary funnel on the 15th-century Sistine Chapel in advance of the opening of the papal conclave tomorrow.

Creation, Last Judgment, Stoves: Workers Ready Sistine Chapel for Conclave

by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain and the Sistine Chapel usually top the “must see” list of visitors to Rome and the Vatican. But as 133 of the world’s cardinals prepared to enter the conclave May 7 to elect the new pope, the Sistine Chapel was closed to visitors April 28. In preparation for the conclave, workers placed a protective covering over the marble mosaic floors and started carrying in pipes, coupler…

With a view to the celebration of the conclave scheduled for next Wednesday, May 7, preparations are being finalized in the Sistine Chapel of the Vatican, the enclosure that will host the College of Cardinals for the election of a new pontiff. READ ALSO: The funeral of Pope Francis begins in the Vatican The press office of the Holy See reported that the workers have installed in the place two stoves and a chimney, which in later days will send t…