Black smoke at the start of the conclusion – diepresse.com

Rome. For more than three hours, the onlookers and onlookers were waiting on St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday evening, looking at the fireplace of the Sistine Chapel. In the end, there were around 30,000 people who flocked together on the central square in Rome when black smoke rose shortly after nine in the evening over the Sistine chapel. Anything else would also have been the same as a sensation. But the procedure of the vote has taken longer than expected.

The first and only coordination of Michelangelo’s last court was something like a test for the candidates and their camps. It was taken care of in the light sacrament in the Casa Santa Marta before it was to continue on Thursday morning with the next pollen.

The day of the conclusion started with a procession of cardinals for the fair in Petersdom, as it were the prologue. When moving into the Sistine chapel in the afternoon, the number of purple carriers has already reduced. The most prominent absentee had played a leading role as a celebrant and preacher. Giovanni Battista Rethe 91-year-old cardinal dean, the election of the 267th Pope is denied. For him, with the exception of the 133 « chosen », the motto: « Extra omnes » – « all out ».

Wood of the cardinals

In the preliminary conversion, he came up with a key function as a kind of moderator, he was the only one to attend together with Cardinal State Secretary Pietro parolin Pope Francis in the Gemelli Clinic. During the conclusion, Parolin, one of the Pope candidates, takes over the role of the cardinal decree-before she turns back to re after the election of a new papal. Parolin held the prayer and then the first also did the oath before one after the other followed him.

As at the resurrection ceremony on the night of Easter Sunday in St. Peter’s Basilica or at the funeral service for Francis on St. Peter’s Square, when in an emotional sermon he had honored peace around the arms in the trade fair in an emotional sermon.

As a Primus Inter Pares, he summarizes the unity of the Catholic Church in front of the conclave: « We are here in order to ask for the support of the Holy Spirit to flever his light and strength so that the Pope is chosen that the church and humanity need at this difficult and complex turning point in history. » Society is characterized by great technological progress, but is tending to « forget God ».

The choice of the new Pope is not just an easy change of people, said Re. Every Pope embodies Peter And his program and represent Christ on earth in this way. « He is the rock on which the church is built. »

All cardinals that are not yet 80 years old are entitled to vote. That is actually 135, two canceled their participation for health reasons. Only those who are personally present in Rome may choose. It is chosen until a candidate can unite a two -thirds majority of the votes, i.e. 89. Francis has appointed 108 of the cardinals who decide on his successor himself during his twelve -year -old pontificate.

More a third of the cardinals come from Europe (54, including 19 from Italy alone). At 21, the group from Asia is already the second largest, followed by that from Africa with 17 representatives. There are also 17 cardinals from South America, 16 from North America, four from Central America and Oceania.

Favorite slogan

As a favorite, Pietro parolin moved into the conclave – at least according to the assessment of the « Vaticanisti » in the Italian media. The newspaper « La Repubblica“Approval for the Cardinal Secretary of State, quasi head of government and Foreign Minister of the Vatican State, assessed to 40 to 50 votes.