14 DAY TRIAL // As the Vatican College of Cardinals holds elections for the new pope, the faithful will get the first sign of the election being completed by watching smoke coming out of the Sistine Chapel's chimney.
As I mentioned last week, an iron stove cast in 1938 will be used to burn the ballots after the vote is completed.
According to Vatican News, a second stove, placed on the right of the first one, will reveal if a pope has been chosen.
If white smoke comes out of the chimney, then the cardinals are announcing that the pontiff has been elected. Black smoke indicates that no choice has been made.
115 cherry wood chairs were brought in and engraved with the cardinals' names before the conclave. They are to prepare their ballots on wooden tables upholstered in beige and bordeaux fabric.