The countdown to the election of the new Pontiff who will succeed Pope Francis in Vatican They have begun and from tomorrow (07.05.2025) the relevant votes will begin conclave.
The Vatican Press Officer Matteo Bruni said today that the first smoke will be the first tobacco tomorrow afternoon, around 7 hours of Italy (8 hours of Greece). Conclave, as is well known, will begin tomorrow at 4.30pm local time.
From the day after Thursday, four votes will be held each day. One can see the smoke from St. Peter’s Square at 10.30 local time (only in the event of the new Pope’s election) and at 12 noon.
In the afternoon, in the event of a good vote, white smoke will come out at around 5.30, otherwise the chimney and stove of the Sistine hat will be used at the end of the day and after the fourth vote, at around 7.30pm Italy.
That is, this means that if the desired result has not emerged earlier, the cardinal ballots will burn on the stove of the Sistine hat at the end of their morning and afternoon session.