Faithful, curious and many tourists who were in the Italian capital began to fill the square Shortly after the 133 voters were locked at 17.46 local time (15.46 GMT) in the Sistine Chapel for Start choosing a new Pope for the first vote.
Therefore, this afternoon is already the first ‘smoking’starting at 19.30 local time (17.30 GMT).
The result, as tradition sends, will be communicated abroad With the color of the smoke that comes out of the fireplace installed on the roof of the chapel: If it is white, it will mean that a Pope has been chosen, but if on the contrary it is black, the conclave must continue.
Therefore the thousands of persons do not look away from the chimney placed on the roof of the Sistine from where the smoke will come outand whose image is also reproduced on the giant screens that have been placed in the square and on the road of the Conciliazione, the great avenue that takes San Pedro.
People expect above all An eventual Blanca Fumata who announced a new pontiff to attend its official presentation to the world from the Balcony of the Vatican Basilica.
However, the election of the new Bishop of Rome It is unpredictable and if not produced today, the cardinals must continue to meet Until finding it, voting four times a day (two in the morning and two in the afternoon).