White smoke, elected the new pope
19:11 A roar of the Piazza San Pietro has welcomed the white smoke. The mob is rushing in the churchyard of St. Peter’s Basilica, is a riot of songs and photos.
19:06 White smoke.
18:21 For now nothing but smoke from the Sistine Chapel and ‘exceeded the fateful hour that eight years ago, at about 17:50, announcement’ to the world the election of the new Pope Benedict XVI. Presumably, then, the fourth ballot has not led the Cardinals to an agreement on the name of the future pope. At this point you should wait for the outcome of the fifth vote expected tonight at 19.30. The eyes of the world, however, remain focused on the chimney of the Sistine Chapel.
18:11 The seagull in the Sistine Chapel has a Twitter profile. The ‘bird’ which is perched on the chimney of the Conclave `chirps’ from @ SistineSeagull. “Passing the time at the Conclave. I love life, “the self-described` volatile ‘in a few minutes raised several thousands of `followers’ on the microblogging site.
17:50 The vote of the conclave following rules. As long as the Pope is elected, there are four ballots a day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon, with only two black smoke per day, one in the late morning (around 11.45) and in the late afternoon (around 18.45) . If the Pope is elected, the white smoke may occur, as well as at 11.45 or 18.45, even immediately after the first round of the morning (around 10.45) or immediately after the first ballot in the afternoon (17:45).
17:40 “A fixed date for the election of the new Pope can not be said for many reasons, but you can advance the idea that it will be a short conclave.” He said to Sky TG24 Afternoon former director of the Vatican Press Office, Joaquin Navarro Valls, who also remembered the two popes he worked with: “I am convinced that Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI are two giants in the historiography the Catholic Church. The act of leaving the pontificate Pope Ratzinger was a gesture of extraordinary human and theological value because he has accepted his own weakness. “
Of what is written in the Wall Street Journal, for which the archbishop of Milan Angelo Scola is too tied to politics, Navarro-Valls said the “WSJ should look at a higher, more spiritual. I’m amazed at the claims of a newspaper that comes from a liberal culture, which respects the freedom of conscience. A person in his consciousness can and should be free to join in what he wants without compromising its mission. “
17:32 Papaboys invite young Italians to leave for Rome to celebrate the upcoming election of the new Pontiff. “The invitation to all boys and girls Italian is to travel to the Eternal City, we are waiting for this historic event,” says Loredana Corrao, a spokesman for the youth of the Pope
17:18 It is currently in the Sistine Chapel the fourth ballot of the cardinal electors for the election of the new Pope The program provided for the 16 transfers from the Domus Sanctae Marthae to the Apostolic Palace. Transfer to be made on foot or by minibus to individual choice, even if the rain does assume that there is moved with the coaches. So in the Sistine Chapel and the new entrance way to the voting procedures. According to some forecasts, the count should be completed around 17 and 50, and if it was positive it would be a remarkable coincidence with the election of Ratzinger in 2005 the white smoke came in fact at that time.
If, however, the result should be negative, alora will proceed immediately to the second round of voting in the afternoon program. The outcome of which would occur – it is presumed – of there in another hour. And in this case, there would still be smoked, not only in the event that there is a new Pope, and then white smoke, but also because it is expected the signal from the fireplace at the end of the second vote of each round, even though once again had to deal with a negative result, and in that case would also burned the ballots from the first vote in the afternoon.
