What we can expect to happen today?
The cardinals have gathered in Vatican City to choose the 267th pope. In the morning, cardinals will take part in a Mass in St Peter’s Basilica.
Later, in the afternoon, the cardinals will walk in a procession along the Via delle Fondamenta to the Sistine Chapel.
This is where the highly secretive voting process takes place, beneath the famous Renaissance frescoes.
Later the world will witness the first smoke emerge from the Sistine Chapel chimney. If it is black then there will be more voting in the following days.
White smoke, of course, means a new pope has been chosen.
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