The day will begin at 10.00 local time (8.00 GMT) with The Mass ‘Pro choosing Pontifice’ And, in the afternoon, the cardinals will meet at 16.15 time (14.15 GMT) in the Paolina chapel of the Apostolic Palace, The spokesman for the Holy See, Matteo Bruni, reported Tuesday.
A quarter of an hour later, at 16.30 time (14.30 GMT) The 133 Cardinals under 80 years and therefore with the right to vote will begin to enter the Sistine Chapel To start the conclave.
Dresses with their red walls, the cardinals will leave the Paolina chapel singing the litanies and They will be directed in procession to the Sistine Chapel, where they will sing the song ‘Vieni Creator’ and will pronounce the oath.
When everyone is in the Sistine Chapel, the master ceremony, Diego Ravelli, will pronounce the ‘extra omnes’ formula (all outside) To ask that everyone who is not a cardinal voter abandons.
From that moment on, the conclave will begin, with two votes in the morning and two in the afternoon until a pontiff is chosen with two thirds of the votes, which will be announced with The ‘White Fumata’, with the white smoke from the sextine fireplace.